diff --git a/CRAN-SUBMISSION b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
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--- a/CRAN-SUBMISSION
+++ b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-Version: 0.2.0
-Date: 2024-02-06 20:13:33 UTC
-SHA: d152472484fb2bedd2596e2279a24afbd0084f0b
+Version: 1.0.1
+Date: 2024-09-30 23:06:50 UTC
+SHA: 41253286a799682779a10a8d7e803be66640d66a
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ Package: CommonDataModel
 Type: Package
 Title: OMOP CDM DDL and Documentation Generator
 Version: 1.0.1
-Author: Clair Blacketer [aut, cre]
+Authors@R: person(given = "Clair",
+                    family = "Blacketer",
+                    role = c("aut", "cre"),
+                    email = "mblacke@its.jnj.com")
 Maintainer: Clair Blacketer <mblacke@its.jnj.com>
 Description: Generates the scripts required to create an Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model (CDM) database and associated documentation for supported database platforms. Leverages the 'SqlRender' package to convert the Data Definition Language (DDL) script written in parameterized Structured Query Language (SQL) to the other supported dialects.
 License: Apache License 2.0
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+CommonDataModel v5.4.2
+======================
+
+Bigfixes:
+
+1. Removed package test that was causing issues with downstream dependencies (test-BuildRelease.R)
+
+Documentation:
+
+1. Updated documentation for the OMOP Common Data Model based on the April Olympians 2024 initiative.
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ There were no ERRORs or WARNINGs.
 
 0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes
 
+## Comments from reviewer
+
+Edited the author field in the DESCRIPTION file.