diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index dd94ea44e..07118f6c6 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: styler
 Title: Non-Invasive Pretty Printing of R Code
-Version: 1.9.1
+Version: 1.10.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Kirill",
              family = "Müller",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e91e30bc6..9efbd2658 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://cynkra.github.io/fledge, do not edit -->
+# styler 1.10.0
+
+This release contains speed-ups between 20% and 40% depending on your use case
+thanks to replacing {base} functionality with {vctrs} (#1114). With the speed
+boost introduced in version 1.8.0 in Oct. 2022, {styler} is now up to 2x as fast
+as before release 1.8.0.
+
+This release was created upon a request by the CRAN team to actively manage not
+just cached files but also the potentially empty cache directories they live in
+(#1118). Here are the changes in detail:
+
+
+- Require at least R 3.6 (#1101).
+- Prefer {vctrs} functions over slower {base} equivalents (#1114).
+- Replace deprecated use of `rlang::with_handlers()` (#1103).
+- Remove tail recursion in favor of `repeat` (#1113).
+- split `test-public_api.R` for better sharding (#1109).
+- 0-pad filenames for sharding (#1110)
+- add missing {testthat} snapshots (#1115).
+- Bump {touchstone} config (#1104, #1107).
+- Bump `actions/checkout` to version 3 in GitHub Actions (#1098).
+
+Thanks for everyone contributing to this release: 
+
+[&#x0040;IndrajeetPatil](https://github.com/IndrajeetPatil), [&#x0040;krlmlr](https://github.com/krlmlr), [&#x0040;kyleam](https://github.com/kyleam), [&#x0040;MichaelChirico](https://github.com/MichaelChirico), [&#x0040;mvanaman](https://github.com/mvanaman), [&#x0040;olivroy](https://github.com/olivroy), and [&#x0040;vvarik](https://github.com/vvarik).
 
 # styler 1.9.1
 
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 3408b33e9..229978c38 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ editor_options:
     wrap: 79
 ---
 
-This is a release to fix critical bugs and release a new feature.
+This is a release requested by the CRAN team to delete empty directories in the
+user's cache.
 
 
 ## Test environments
 
--   ubuntu 20.04 (on GitHub Actions): R devel, R 4.2.1, 4.1.2, R 4.0.5, R 3.6,
-    R 3.5.
--   Windows Server 10 (on GitHub Actions): R devel, R 4.2.1, R 4.1.2, R 3.6.
+-   ubuntu 20.04 (on GitHub Actions): R devel, R 4.3.0, R 4.2.1, 4.1.2, R 4.0.5, 
+    R 3.6
+-   Windows Server 10 (on GitHub Actions): R devel, R 4.3.0, R 4.2.1, R 4.1.2, 
+    R 3.6.
 -   win-builder: R devel
 
 ## R CMD check results
@@ -37,4 +39,5 @@ compliant with the requirements of CRAN.
 I also ran R CMD check on all 39 downstream dependencies of styler using the
 revdepcheck package.
 
-All of them finished R CMD CHECK with zero (0) ERRORS, WARNINGS and NOTES.
+All of them finished R CMD CHECK with the same number of ERRORS, WARNINGS and 
+NOTES.
diff --git a/inst/WORDLIST b/inst/WORDLIST
index 0ff1db851..b6a53ac74 100644
--- a/inst/WORDLIST
+++ b/inst/WORDLIST
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ setCacheRootPath
 setdiff
 setenv
 Shallowify
+sharding
 shinydashboardPlus
 shinymeta
 shinyMonacoEditor