diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index aea6c0922..413944ea8 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 ^\.Rproj\.user$
 ^\.travis\.yml$
 ^codecov\.yml$
-^NEWS\.md$
 ^cran-comments\.md$
 ^revdep$
 ^LICENSE\.md$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8b13d88ad..fdd23f331 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: googlePolylines
 Type: Package
 Title: Encoding Coordinates into 'Google' Polylines
-Version: 0.8
+Version: 0.8.0
 Date: 2020-10-28
 Authors@R: c(
     person("David", "Cooley", ,"dcooley@symbolix.com.au", role = c("aut", "cre")),