diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: pins
 Type: Package
 Title: Pin, Discover and Share Resources
-Version: 0.3.1.9000
+Version: 0.3.1.9001
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Javier", "Luraschi", email = "javier@rstudio.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person(family = "RStudio", role = c("cph"))
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 - `pin_info()` adds support for `metadata` parameter to avoid retrieving pin contents.
 
+## GitHub
+
+- Fix regression uploading large datasets as release files.
+
 # pins 0.3.1
 
 ## Pins