### Internal
+* 👷 Automate release preparation. PR [#1988](https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/pull/1988) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
* 🔥 Remove old package stub slim, not used nor needed. PR [#1987](https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/pull/1987) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
* ⬆ Bump the github-actions group with 2 updates. PR [#1983](https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/pull/1983) by [@dependabot[bot]](https://github.com/apps/dependabot).
* 👷 Configure Dependabot to group updates and update weekly. PR [#1972](https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/pull/1972) by [@YuriiMotov](https://github.com/YuriiMotov).