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 Package: DBI
 Title: R Database Interface
-Version: 1.2.0.9002
-Date: 2023-12-22
+Version: 1.2.0.9003
+Date: 2023-12-23
 Authors@R: c(
     person("R Special Interest Group on Databases (R-SIG-DB)", role = "aut"),
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "aut"),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# DBI 1.2.0.9003 (2023-12-23)
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Use dbitemplate (@maelle, #442).
+
+
 # DBI 1.2.0.9002 (2023-12-22)
 
 ## Chore