diff --git a/R/cran.R b/R/cran.R
index 033b014..04a75da 100644
--- a/R/cran.R
+++ b/R/cran.R
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ cran_registry_update_json <- function(){
   utils::write.csv(csvdata, file = 'crantogit.csv', quote = FALSE, row.names = FALSE, na = "")
   gert::git_add('crantogit.csv')
 
+  # (april 2024) bioc is now a single universe
+  universes$owner[universes$registry == 'bioc'] <- 'bioc'
+
   # Store full universe owner map
   update_universes_csv(df)