diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
index c38bc7ce89..a82082c86a 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ When applicable, release notes are followed by the GitHub issue number which des
 enhancement, or new feature (`MET GitHub issues <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues>`_).
 Important issues are listed **in bold** for emphasis.
 
-MET Version 11.1.0-rc1 release notes (20230614)
+MET Version 11.1.0-rc1 release notes (20230615)
 -----------------------------------------------
 
   .. dropdown:: Repository, build, and test
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ MET Version 11.1.0-rc1 release notes (20230614)
      * Bugfix: Fix the Clang compilation of MET version 11 (`#2514 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2514>`_).
      * Bugfix: Fix the fill value setting used in the write_tmp_dataplane internal Python embedding script (`#2525 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2525>`_).
      * Bugfix: Fix the TC-Stat RIRW runtime error when computing CTS statistics from an empty contingency table (`#2542 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2542>`_).
+     * Bugfix: Fix logic for Python embedding with data censoring and/or conversion (`#2575 <https://github.com/dtcenter/MET/issues/2575>`_).
 
 MET Version 11.1.0-beta2 release notes (20230505)
 -------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 70cc0b28fd..7213e62693 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 verinfo = version
 release = f'{version}'
 release_year = '2023'
-release_date = f'{release_year}-06-14'
+release_date = f'{release_year}-06-15'
 copyright = f'{release_year}, {author}'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/libcode/vx_data2d_python/data2d_python.cc b/src/libcode/vx_data2d_python/data2d_python.cc
index 5e07656e95..9251fb0d21 100644
--- a/src/libcode/vx_data2d_python/data2d_python.cc
+++ b/src/libcode/vx_data2d_python/data2d_python.cc
@@ -360,7 +360,13 @@ if ( PythonCommand.empty() || PythonCommand != vinfo.req_name() ) {
 
 }
 
-if ( status )  status = process_data_plane(&vinfo, Plane);
+if ( status ) {
+
+   plane = Plane;
+
+   status = process_data_plane(&vinfo, plane);
+
+}
 
 if ( !status )  return ( false );
 
@@ -368,8 +374,6 @@ if ( !status )  return ( false );
    //  ok
    //
 
-plane = Plane;
-
    //
    //  store the VarInfo metadata without completely overwritting it
    //
@@ -393,6 +397,7 @@ int MetPythonDataFile::data_plane_array(VarInfo &vinfo, DataPlaneArray &plane_ar
 {
 
 bool status = true;
+DataPlane plane;
 
    //
    //  the python command is specified by VarInfo::Name
@@ -421,7 +426,13 @@ if ( PythonCommand.empty() || PythonCommand != vinfo.req_name() ) {
 
 }
 
-if ( status )  status = process_data_plane(&vinfo, Plane);
+if ( status ) {
+
+   plane = Plane;
+
+   status = process_data_plane(&vinfo, plane);
+
+}
 
 if ( !status )  return ( 0 );
 
@@ -431,7 +442,7 @@ if ( !status )  return ( 0 );
 
 plane_array.clear();
 
-plane_array.add(Plane, 0.0, 0.0);
+plane_array.add(plane, 0.0, 0.0);
 
    //
    //  store the VarInfo metadata without completely overwritting it