Anyone else notice JTR squads received some kind of boost?

Here is the notes of the update that went live on 25 January

https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/155669/content-update-1-25-2018#latest

It mentions no ai changes but the timing is suspicious.

It's worth noting that you have scope to improve your team with the mods you have.

The square mod you have on Kenobi beats any of the square mods you have your team. Also protection circles are usually better than health circles and most of your arena team are using the health circles.