diff --git a/.github/.keepalive b/.github/.keepalive
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9678b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.keepalive
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2023-11-01T01:59:55.052Z
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index b17435b..0037bdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -182,7 +182,11 @@ jobs:
             fi
             # Trim leading and trailing whitespace:
             dep=$(echo "$dep" | xargs)
-            version="^$(npm view $dep version)"
+            version="$(npm view $dep version)"
+            if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+            version="^$version"
             jq -r --arg dep "$dep" --arg version "$version" '.dependencies[$dep] = $version' package.json > package.json.tmp
             mv package.json.tmp package.json
           done
@@ -192,7 +196,11 @@ jobs:
             fi
             # Trim leading and trailing whitespace:
             dep=$(echo "$dep" | xargs)
-            version="^$(npm view $dep version)"
+            version="$(npm view $dep version)"
+            if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+              continue
+            fi
+            version="^$version"
             jq -r --arg dep "$dep" --arg version "$version" '.devDependencies[$dep] = $version' package.json > package.json.tmp
             mv package.json.tmp package.json
           done
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 93c4bde..0dae4fe 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ Stephannie Jiménez Gacha <steff456@hotmail.com>
 Yernar Yergaziyev <yernar.yergaziyev@erg.kz>
 orimiles5 <97595296+orimiles5@users.noreply.github.com>
 rei2hu <reimu@reimu.ws>
+Robert Gislason <gztown2216@yahoo.com>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fe5d8c..514f747 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ Copyright &copy; 2016-2023. The Stdlib [Authors][stdlib-authors].
 [npm-image]: http://img.shields.io/npm/v/@stdlib/iter-pop.svg
 [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/@stdlib/iter-pop
 
-[test-image]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/iter-pop/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=v0.1.1
-[test-url]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/iter-pop/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=branch:v0.1.1
+[test-image]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/iter-pop/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg?branch=main
+[test-url]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/iter-pop/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=branch:main
 
 [coverage-image]: https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/stdlib-js/iter-pop/main.svg
 [coverage-url]: https://codecov.io/github/stdlib-js/iter-pop?branch=main
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 323dd07..d4dc78f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@stdlib/array-to-iterator": "^0.1.0",
     "@stdlib/bench": "^0.1.0",
-    "@stdlib/iter-empty": "^0.1.0",
+    "@stdlib/iter-empty": "^0.1.1",
     "@stdlib/math-base-assert-is-nan": "^0.1.1",
     "@stdlib/random-iter-randu": "^0.1.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.0.0",