diff --git a/.github/.keepalive b/.github/.keepalive
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2e71fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.keepalive
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2023-11-01T00:57:18.108Z
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/test/dist/test.js b/test/dist/test.js
index cb7c216..a8a9c60 100644
--- a/test/dist/test.js
+++ b/test/dist/test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
 * @license Apache-2.0
 *
-* Copyright (c) 2022 The Stdlib Authors.
+* Copyright (c) 2023 The Stdlib Authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,49 +21,13 @@
 // MODULES //
 
 var tape = require( 'tape' );
-var percentEncode = require( './../../dist' );
+var main = require( './../../dist' );
 
 
 // TESTS //
 
-tape( 'main export is a function', function test( t ) {
+tape( 'main export is defined', function test( t ) {
 	t.ok( true, __filename );
-	t.strictEqual( typeof percentEncode, 'function', 'main export is a function' );
-	t.end();
-});
-
-tape( 'the function percent-encodes a string', function test( t ) {
-	var expected;
-	var values;
-	var out;
-	var i;
-
-	// Some test values are from https://dev.twitter.com/oauth/overview/percent-encoding-parameters.
-	values = [
-		'Ladies + Gentlemen',
-		'An encoded string!',
-		'Dogs, Cats & Mice',
-		'☃',
-		'æ',
-		'𐐷',
-		'()',
-		'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode_(statistics)'
-	];
-
-	expected = [
-		'Ladies%20%2B%20Gentlemen',
-		'An%20encoded%20string%21',
-		'Dogs%2C%20Cats%20%26%20Mice',
-		'%E2%98%83',
-		'%C3%A6',
-		'%F0%90%90%B7',
-		'%28%29',
-		'https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMode_%28statistics%29'
-	];
-
-	for ( i = 0; i < values.length; i++ ) {
-		out = percentEncode( values[ i ] );
-		t.strictEqual( out, expected[ i ], 'returns expected value for '+values[i] );
-	}
+	t.strictEqual( main !== void 0, true, 'main export is defined' );
 	t.end();
 });