diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: yulab.utils
 Title: Supporting Functions for Packages Maintained by 'YuLab-SMU'
-Version: 0.1.7.003
+Version: 0.1.8
 Authors@R: c(person("Guangchuang", "Yu", email = "guangchuangyu@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-6485-8781")))
 Description: Miscellaneous functions commonly used by 'YuLab-SMU'.
 Imports:
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# yulab.utils 0.1.7.003
+# yulab.utils 0.1.8
 
 + add new citation (The Innovation 2024) (2024-11-07, Thu)
 + `pload()` now supports github package (2024-11-06, Wed)