* **Add `allowed_to_create` support for tag protection**. PR [551](https://github.com/gitlabform/gitlabform/pull/551), implements [#505](https://github.com/gitlabform/gitlabform/issues/505).
* **Require Python version >= 3.8** (as 3.7 is EOL since June 2023) and update dependencies that have required it. PR [592](https://github.com/gitlabform/gitlabform/pull/592), implements [#576](https://github.com/gitlabform/gitlabform/issues/576).
* **Usernames in projects and groups should be case-insensitive**. PR [556](https://github.com/gitlabform/gitlabform/pull/556), implements [#555](https://github.com/gitlabform/gitlabform/issues/555).
* Update many dependencies to newer version.
* Various fixes to local dev, tests, and CI of gitlabform.
Thanks to the contributors of this release::
* [amimas](https://github.com/amimas)
* [J4Numbers](https://github.com/J4Numbers)
* [gdubicki](https://github.com/gdubicki)