diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2d1d30a..56d4fe4 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Description: A programmatic interface to many species occurrence data sources,
     System ('OBIS'), and Atlas of Living Australia ('ALA'). Includes
     functionality for retrieving species occurrence data, and combining
     those data.
-Version: 1.0.1.9110
+Version: 1.0.2
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Scott",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 133436b..851e825 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+spocc 1.0.2
+===========
+
+### BUG FIXES
+
+* preserve exact bytes for some tests that are failing on cran checks, taxize integration tests, and identifier based search tests (#221)
+
+
 spocc 1.0.0
 ===========
 
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index dd0d87c..927f87d 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 --------
 
-This version fixes a few bugs, marks a function as deprecated, and adds additional functionality.
+This version fixes a test that's failing on one of the cran checks.
 
 Thanks!
 Scott Chamberlain