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 - Add ``stacklevel`` param to ``given``, ``when``, ``then``, ``step`` decorators. This allows for programmatic step generation `#548 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/pull/548>`_
 - Hide pytest-bdd internal method in user tracebacks `#557 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/pull/557>`_.
 - Make the package PEP 561-compatible `#559 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/issues/559>`_ `#563 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/pull/563>`_.
+- Configuration option ``bdd_features_base_dir`` is interpreted as relative to the `pytest root directory <https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/customize.html#rootdir>`_ (previously it was relative to the current working directory). `#573 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd/pull/573>`_
 
 
 6.0.1