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 Package: syrup
 Title: Measure Memory and CPU Usage for Parallel R Code
-Version: 0.1.1
+Version: 0.1.1.9000
 Authors@R: c(
       person("Simon", "Couch", , "simon.couch@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre"),
              comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5676-5107")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# syrup (development version)
+
 # syrup 0.1.1
 
 * Resolves CRAN test failures.