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 Package: DBItest
 Title: Testing DBI Backends
-Version: 1.8.1.9008
-Date: 2024-08-06
+Version: 1.8.1.9009
+Date: 2024-08-08
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kirill", "Müller", , "kirill@cynkra.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1416-3412")),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# DBItest 1.8.1.9009 (2024-08-08)
+
+- Internal changes only.
+
+
 # DBItest 1.8.1.9008 (2024-08-06)
 
 ## Continuous integration