diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3a43116e3..2e02cf424 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ dcicutils
 Change Log
 ----------
 
+8.10.1
+======
+* Changes related to pyinstaller experimentation for smaht-submitr.
+
+
 8.10.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/dcicutils/license_policies/park-lab-common.jsonc b/dcicutils/license_policies/park-lab-common.jsonc
index e59d67aee..ae7ad56b2 100644
--- a/dcicutils/license_policies/park-lab-common.jsonc
+++ b/dcicutils/license_policies/park-lab-common.jsonc
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@
             "docutils"  // Used only privately as a separate documentation-generation task for ReadTheDocs
         ],
 
+
+        "GNU General Public License v2 (GPLv2)": [
+            "pyinstaller",
+            "pyinstaller-hooks-contrib"
+        ],
+
         "MIT/X11 Derivative": [
             // The license used by libxkbcommon is complicated and involves numerous included licenses,
             // but all are permissive.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4ea9c75b4..59529f6a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicutils"
-version = "8.10.0"
+version = "8.10.0.1b1"  # TODO: To become 8.10.1
 description = "Utility package for interacting with the 4DN Data Portal and other 4DN resources"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"