diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: metajam
 Type: Package
 Title: Easily Download Data and Metadata from 'DataONE'
 Version: 0.3.0
-Date: `r Sys.Date()`
+Date: 2024-07-02
 Authors@R: c(
               person("Julien", "Brun", 
                  email = "julien.brun@alumni.duke.edu",