diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/api-extractor/josmithr-api-extractor-fix-config-inheritence_2025-01-09-00-41.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/api-extractor/josmithr-api-extractor-fix-config-inheritence_2025-01-09-00-41.json
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+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/api-extractor",
+      "comment": "Update merge behavior for derived configurations to allow overriding array properties",
+      "type": "minor"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/api-extractor"
+}
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