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+# Apache DataFusion 53.1.0 Changelog
+
+This release consists of 10 commits from 4 contributors. See credits at the end of this changelog for more information.
+
+See the [upgrade guide](https://datafusion.apache.org/library-user-guide/upgrading.html) for information on how to upgrade from previous versions.
+
+**Other:**
+
+- [branch-53] fix: InList Dictionary filter pushdown type mismatch (#20962) [#20996](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/20996) (alamb)
+- [branch-53] Planning speed improve (port of #21084) [#21137](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21137) (blaginin)
+- [branch-53] Fix push_down_filter for children with non-empty fetch fields (#21057) [#21142](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21142) (hareshkh)
+- [branch-53] Substrait join consumer should not merge nullability of join keys (#21121) [#21162](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21162) (hareshkh)
+- [branch-53] chore: Optimize schema rewriter usages (#21158) [#21183](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21183) (comphead)
+- [branch-53] fix: use spill writer's schema instead of the first batch schema for … [#21451](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21451) (comphead)
+- [branch-53] fix: use datafusion_expr instead of datafusion crate in spark bitmap/… [#21452](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21452) (comphead)
+- [branch-53] fix: FilterExec should drop projection when apply projection pushdown [#21492](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21492) (comphead)
+- [branch-53] fix: foreign inner ffi types (#21439) [#21524](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21524) (alamb)
+- [branch-53] Restore Sort unparser guard for correct ORDER BY placement (#20658) [#21523](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/21523) (alamb)
+
+## Credits
+
+Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release. Here is a breakdown of commits (PRs merged) per contributor.
+
+```
+     4  Oleks V
+     3  Andrew Lamb
+     2  Haresh Khanna
+     1  Dmitrii Blaginin
+
+```
+
+Thank you also to everyone who contributed in other ways such as filing issues, reviewing PRs, and providing feedback on this release.