diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a8c578b2c..001c24650 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# sandpaper 0.11.17 (unreleased)
+# sandpaper 0.11.17 (2023-05-16)
 
 ## NEW FEATURES
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-ci_deploy.R b/tests/testthat/test-ci_deploy.R
index 6c0f80c8b..8bb11f06a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-ci_deploy.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-ci_deploy.R
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ test_that("404 page root will be lesson URL", {
 
 test_that("ci_deploy() will do a full rebuild", {
 
+  skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_not(has_git())
+  skip_if_not(rmarkdown::pandoc_available("2.11"))
+
 
   expect_true(gert::git_branch_exists("MD", local = TRUE, repo = res))
   expect_true(gert::git_branch_exists("SITE", local = TRUE, repo = res))