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 - Fix handling of numpy array palettes (e.g. after write-read cycle) {pr}`2734` {smaller}`P Angerer`
 - Specify correct version of `matplotlib` dependency {pr}`2733` {smaller}`P Fisher`
-- Fix {func}`sc.pl.violin` usage of `seaborn.catplot` {pr}`2739` {smaller}`E Roellin`
+- Fix {func}`scanpy.pl.violin` usage of `seaborn.catplot` {pr}`2739` {smaller}`E Roellin`