diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: gluedown
 Title: Wrap Vectors in Markdown Formatting
-Version: 1.0.7
+Version: 1.0.8
 Authors@R: 
     person(given = "Kiernan",
            family = "Nicholls",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
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-# gluedown 1.0.7
+# gluedown 1.0.8
 
-# gluedown 1.0.6
+* Merge pull request #31 from yihui/patch-1
+    * Updated `md_convert()` for changes in the markdown package.
 
 # gluedown 1.0.5