diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 140dd032..d90f4aca 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ^examples$
 ^R/\.editorconfig$
 ^README\.Rmd$
+^README\.html$
 ^RELEASE\.md$
 ^_pkgdown\.yml$
 ^docs$
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 964141ce..748f3863 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# rsconnect 0.8.29 (development version)
+# rsconnect 0.8.29
 
 * Introduced support for publishing to Posit Cloud. This feature is currently
   in closed beta and requires access to an enabled account on Posit Cloud.