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 # History
 
+- [8.1.0](810-2023-02-08) (Feb 2023)
 - [8.0.1](801-2023-01-11) (Jan 2023)
 - [**8.0.0**](#800-2022-12-07) (Dec 2022)
 - [7.2.0](#720-2022-05-03) (May 2022)
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 # Release notes
 
+## [8.1.0](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-redis-adapter/compare/8.0.1...8.1.0) (2023-02-08)
+
+The `socket.io-adapter` package was added to the list of `peerDependencies`, in order to fix sync issues with the version imported by the `socket.io` package (see [f07ff7b](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-redis-adapter/commit/f07ff7bd33817ac14d8d87ba55225e7936469429)).
+
+### Features
+
+#### Automatic removal of empty child namespaces
+
+The `close()` method was implemented, in order to be used with the new `cleanupEmptyChildNamespaces` option.
+
+Reference: https://github.com/socketio/socket.io/releases/tag/4.6.0
+
+Added in [fe89f7e](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-redis-adapter/commit/fe89f7e5fe9676d0054b77de147fb244034a441e).
+
+
+
 ## [8.0.1](https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-redis-adapter/compare/8.0.0...8.0.1) (2023-01-11)
 
 This release pins the `socket.io-adapter` package to version `~2.4.0` instead of `^2.4.0`.
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 {
   "name": "@socket.io/redis-adapter",
-  "version": "8.0.1",
+  "version": "8.1.0",
   "description": "The Socket.IO Redis adapter, allowing to broadcast events between several Socket.IO servers",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {