This release incorporates all commits to main branch since the previous release (i.e., improved documentation, no code updates), and includes updated HLA sequence DB files (15 April 2025); we also provide a new HG38 reference with the HLA locus on chromosome 6 masked out. *We encourage all users to update all HLA sequence databases before using HLAminer (see details in README) and document their updates (i.e., timestamp) for reproducibility.