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 Package: DBItest
 Title: Testing DBI Backends
-Version: 1.7.3.9008
-Date: 2023-09-25
+Version: 1.7.3.9009
+Date: 2023-10-09
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kirill", "Müller", , "kirill@cynkra.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1416-3412")),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# DBItest 1.7.3.9009 (2023-10-09)
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- Skip test if dplyr is not installed.
+
+
 # DBItest 1.7.3.9008 (2023-09-25)
 
 ## Chore