diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5424019..b5b486e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 QIIME 2 plugin for PICRUSt2
 
 For descriptions of how to install and run this plugin, see [here](https://github.com/picrust/picrust2/wiki/q2-picrust2-Tutorial/).
+
+Please first check our [FAQ](https://github.com/picrust/picrust2/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions) if you have any questions about PICRUSt2.
+
+For other general questions and comments about PICRUSt2 please search the [PICRUSt Google group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/picrust-users). If the question has not been previously answered then please make a new thread there, rather than a new issue on this repository.
diff --git a/q2_picrust2/plugin_setup.py b/q2_picrust2/plugin_setup.py
index 1685ea9..25e85ad 100644
--- a/q2_picrust2/plugin_setup.py
+++ b/q2_picrust2/plugin_setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 plugin = Plugin(
     name='picrust2',
-    version="2023.2",
+    version="2024.5",
     website='https://github.com/gavinmdouglas/q2-picrust2',
     package='q2_picrust2',
     description=('This QIIME 2 plugin wraps the default 16S PICRUSt2 pipeline to run '
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6646cbd..d7ca550 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="q2-picrust2",
-    version="2023.2",
+    version="2024.5",
     packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={'q2_picrust2': ['citations.bib']},
     author="Gavin Douglas",