diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: blob
 Title: A Simple S3 Class for Representing Vectors of Binary Data ('BLOBS')
-Version: 1.2.4.9002
+Version: 1.2.4.9003
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "aut"),
     person("Kirill", "Müller", , "kirill@cynkra.com", role = "cre"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# blob 1.2.4.9003 (2023-10-09)
+
+- Internal changes only.
+
+
 # blob 1.2.4.9002 (2023-03-24)
 
 - Merged cran-1.2.4 into main.