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 Type: Package
 Package: gDR
 Title: Umbrella package for R packages in the gDR suite
-Version: 1.7.2
-Date: 2025-06-11
+Version: 1.9.1
+Date: 2025-10-30
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Allison", "Vuong", , "vuong.allison@gene.com", role = "aut"),
     person("Bartosz", "Czech", role = "aut",
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+## gDR 1.9.1 - 2025-10-30
+* synchronize Bioconductor and GitHub versioning
+
 ## gDR 1.7.2 - 2025-06-11
 * update installation instructions