Mod adding a couple item

I made a mod adding a couple of items to the game, as I understand it the only way to ‘add’ them into my mod is to supply my own PrimalGameData. Is this correct?

Say I have my mod at v203 with all the latest items, devs update the game to v204 but the dev kit does not update for lets say a week, and 204 added new items. My server running my mod will not have the new additions until I update the mod is this correct?

Hey, Demon
Yes I believe so, updating the mod is the way to get the new items in.
-Mr.Pwndabear

It’s disappointing that you would have to wait until the dev kit updates to add the new items in. Does anyone know of a way around this?