diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 35aaf3f..a4616bd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# [biomartr 1.0.3](https://github.com/ropensci/biomartr/releases/tag/v1.0.3)
+
+- adding [pull request #88](https://github.com/ropensci/biomartr/pull/88) which fixes issues with `http` to `https` curl requests (Many thanks to @Roleren)
+
 # [biomartr 1.0.2](https://github.com/ropensci/biomartr/releases/tag/v1.0.2)
 
 ### New Functions
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c36045..4c6baaf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ BiocManager::install("biomaRt")
 Now users can install `biomartr` from CRAN:
 
 ```r
-# install biomartr 1.0.2
+# install biomartr 1.0.3
 install.packages("biomartr", dependencies = TRUE)
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 16535a9..a2b991c 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ <h2 id="installation">Installation<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#i
 <span><span class="fu">BiocManager</span><span class="fu">::</span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/pkg/BiocManager/man/install.html" class="external-link">install</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"biomaRt"</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <p>Now users can install <code>biomartr</code> from CRAN:</p>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="downlit sourceCode r">
-<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="co"># install biomartr 1.0.2</span></span>
+<code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="co"># install biomartr 1.0.3</span></span>
 <span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/utils/install.packages.html" class="external-link">install.packages</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="st">"biomartr"</span>, dependencies <span class="op">=</span> <span class="cn">TRUE</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
 </div>
 <div class="section level2">
diff --git a/docs/news/index.html b/docs/news/index.html
index 9901620..ce11011 100644
--- a/docs/news/index.html
+++ b/docs/news/index.html
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ <h1 data-toc-skip>Changelog <small></small></h1>
       <small>Source: <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/biomartr/blob/HEAD/NEWS.md" class="external-link"><code>NEWS.md</code></a></small>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="section level2">
+<h2 class="page-header" data-toc-text="1.0.3" id="biomartr-103"><a href="https://github.com/ropensci/biomartr/releases/tag/v1.0.3" class="external-link">biomartr 1.0.3</a><a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#biomartr-103"></a></h2>
+<ul><li>adding <a href="https://github.com/ropensci/biomartr/pull/88" class="external-link">pull request </a><a href="https://github.com/ropensci/biomartr/issues/88" class="external-link">#88</a> which fixes issues with <code>http</code> to <code>https</code> curl requests (Many thanks to <a href="https://github.com/Roleren" class="external-link">@Roleren</a>)</li>
+</ul></div>
     <div class="section level2">
 <h2 class="page-header" data-toc-text="1.0.2" id="biomartr-102"><a href="https://github.com/ropensci/biomartr/releases/tag/v1.0.2" class="external-link">biomartr 1.0.2</a><small>2022-02-23</small><a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#biomartr-102"></a></h2>
 <div class="section level4">
diff --git a/docs/pkgdown.yml b/docs/pkgdown.yml
index 64834b2..943d47a 100644
--- a/docs/pkgdown.yml
+++ b/docs/pkgdown.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ articles:
   Functional_Annotation: Functional_Annotation.html
   MetaGenome_Retrieval: MetaGenome_Retrieval.html
   Sequence_Retrieval: Sequence_Retrieval.html
-last_built: 2023-05-07T13:44Z
+last_built: 2023-05-07T14:13Z