Merge of #4969

Author: mergify[bot]

.changelog/v101.1.3/summary.md

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+Namada apps v101.1.3 release contains security update of CometBFT to 0.37.16.

.changelog/v101.1.4/improvements/4791-bump-arse-merkle-tree-version.md

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+- Uses the new published version of our sparse merkle tree that speeds up
+  validation times. This should speed up the time it takes to start a node.
+  ([\#4791](https://github.com/anoma/namada/pull/4791))

.changelog/v101.1.4/improvements/4966-improve-shielded-sync.md

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+- Partially backported PR#4785 to improve performance of shielded sync.
+  ([\#4966](https://github.com/anoma/namada/pull/4966))

.changelog/v101.1.4/summary.md

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+Namada apps v101.1.4 release.

CHANGELOG.md

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 - Updated Namada libraries to libs-v0.251.0
   ([\#4742](https://github.com/anoma/namada/pull/4742))
 
+## v101.1.4
+
+Namada apps v101.1.4 release.
+
+### IMPROVEMENTS
+
+- Uses the new published version of our sparse merkle tree that speeds up
+  validation times. This should speed up the time it takes to start a node.
+  ([\#4791](https://github.com/anoma/namada/pull/4791))
+- Partially backported PR#4785 to improve performance of shielded sync.
+  ([\#4966](https://github.com/anoma/namada/pull/4966))
+
+## v101.1.3
+
+Namada apps v101.1.3 release contains security update of CometBFT to 0.37.16.
+
 ## v101.1.2
 
 Namada apps v101.1.2 release.