diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 51459af..6b9cd2c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: jaffelab
 Title: Commonly used functions by the Jaffe lab
-Version: 0.99.33
-Date: 2024-03-26
+Version: 0.99.34
+Date: 2024-03-27
 Authors@R: c(person("Leonardo", "Collado-Torres", 
 	role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "lcolladotor@gmail.com",
 	comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2140-308X")), 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 69a9886..71a4d59 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# jaffelab 0.99.34
+
+* Updated internal code in the package to make it compliant with BiocCheck.
+
 # jaffelab 0.99.33
 
 * `merge_rse_metrics()` can now also handle `ERCCsumLogErr`. Note that its an
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4f790d..4d9c63d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ print(citation("jaffelab"), bibtex = TRUE)
 #> To cite package 'jaffelab' in publications use:
 #> 
 #>   Collado-Torres L, Jaffe AE, Burke EE (2024). _jaffelab: Commonly used
-#>   functions by the Jaffe lab_. R package version 0.99.33,
+#>   functions by the Jaffe lab_. R package version 0.99.34,
 #>   <https://github.com/LieberInstitute/jaffelab>.
 #> 
 #> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ print(citation("jaffelab"), bibtex = TRUE)
 #>     title = {jaffelab: Commonly used functions by the Jaffe lab},
 #>     author = {Leonardo Collado-Torres and Andrew E. Jaffe and Emily E. Burke},
 #>     year = {2024},
-#>     note = {R package version 0.99.33},
+#>     note = {R package version 0.99.34},
 #>     url = {https://github.com/LieberInstitute/jaffelab},
 #>   }
 ```