diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: varnish
 Title: Front-end for The Carpentries Lesson Template
-Version: 0.3.0
+Version: 0.3.1
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Zhian N.",
            family = "Kamvar",
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+# varnish 0.3.1
+
+* Lesson titles no longer escape ampersands (reported and fixed: @Robadob, #95)
+
 # varnish 0.3.0
 
 * Lesson overview pages are now supported (reported: @zkamvar,