diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8a46375d..340ff7e1 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # vitae (development version)
 
+## Bug fixes
+
+* Fixed issue with multiple `brief_entries()` producing overlapping text in 
+  `awesomecv` (#258).
+
 # vitae 0.5.4
 
 * Fixed `bibliography_entries()` failing to render PDF outputs with recent 
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/awesomecv/skeleton/awesome-cv.cls b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/awesomecv/skeleton/awesome-cv.cls
index ed7b60e4..9843f3fc 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/awesomecv/skeleton/awesome-cv.cls
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/awesomecv/skeleton/awesome-cv.cls
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
 }{%
   \end{itemize}
   \end{justify}
-  \vspace{-4.0mm}
+  \vspace{2.0mm}
 }