diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: geos
 Title: Open Source Geometry Engine ('GEOS') R API
-Version: 0.2.0.9000
+Version: 0.2.1
 Authors@R: 
     c(
       person(given = "Dewey",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# geos (development version)
+# geos 0.2.1
 
 * Fix address sanitizer error identified by the clang sanitizer.