diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: ipumsr
 Title: An R Interface for Downloading, Reading, and Handling IPUMS Data
-Version: 0.6.3.9000
+Version: 0.7.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Greg Freedman Ellis", role = "aut"),
     person("Derek Burk", , , "ipums+cran@umn.edu", role = c("aut", "cre")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# ipumsr (development version)
+# ipumsr 0.7.0
 
 ## Function retirements