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 Package: varnish
 Title: Front-end for The Carpentries Lesson Infrastructure
-Version: 1.0.3
+Version: 1.0.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Robert",
            family = "Davey",
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+# varnish 1.0.4 (2024-08-23)
+
+## BUG FIXES
+
+* Fix dark mode figure caption bug (@astroDimitrios #145)
+* Fix CSS styling issues with the Resources section and 
+  squashed overview headings(@froggleston #147)
+* Replace old macOS runs-on action property with 
+  ubuntu-latest (@froggleston #147)
+
+
 # varnish 1.0.3 (2023-06-18)
 
 ## NEW FEATURES