diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 9e34266..fca5685 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: pkgreviewr
 Type: Package
 Title: rOpenSci package review project template
-Version: 0.3.0
+Version: 0.3.1
 Authors@R: c(person("Anna", "Krystalli", email = "annakrystalli@googlemail.com",
                   role = c("aut", "cre")),
              person("Maëlle", "Salmon", email = "maelle.salmon@yahoo.se", role = "aut"))
diff --git a/R/pkgreview.R b/R/pkgreview.R
index a73ed72..17f2e40 100644
--- a/R/pkgreview.R
+++ b/R/pkgreview.R
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ pkgreview_getdata <- function(pkg_dir = NULL, pkg_repo,
         pkg_dir <- fs::path(usethis::proj_path(".."), meta$name)}
 
     # package repo data
-    pkg_data <- usethis:::package_data(pkg_dir)
+    pkg_data <- package_data(pkg_dir)
 
     pkg_data$URL <- meta$html_url
 
diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index 50ba9be..4fb94fd 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -68,3 +68,10 @@ write_dir <- function(tmp_dir, out_dir){
         file.copy(tmp_dir, dirname(out_dir), recursive = T)
         usethis::ui_done("{usethis::ui_field(dir_type)} written out successfully")
 }
+
+
+### add former usethis:::package_data(), now removed (see https://github.com/r-lib/usethis/pull/1747)
+package_data <- function(base_path = NULL) {
+  desc <- desc::description$new(base_path)
+  as.list(desc$get(desc$fields()))
+}