diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: tidyplots
 Title: Tidy Plots for Scientific Papers
-Version: 0.2.0.9000
+Version: 0.2.1
 Authors@R: 
     person("Jan Broder", "Engler", , "broder.engler@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3169-2076"))
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# tidyplots (development version)
+# tidyplots 0.2.1
 
 ## Breaking changes