diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: reticulate
 Type: Package
 Title: Interface to 'Python'
-Version: 1.32.0.9002
+Version: 1.34.0
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Tomasz", "Kalinowski", role = c("ctb", "cre"),
          email = "tomasz@posit.co"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# reticulate (development version)
+# reticulate 1.34.0
+
+# reticulate 1.33.0
 
 - Fixed issue where `asyncio`, (and modules that use `asyncio`), would error on
   Windows when running under RStudio (#1478, #1479).