diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index e656d6f..8dcb018 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: redcapcustodian
 Type: Package
 Title: System data cleaning for REDCap
-Version: 0.6.0
+Version: 0.6.1
 Authors@R:c(
   person("Philip", "Chase",
         email = "pbc@ufl.edu",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c5b9797..1f46030 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ All notable changes to the redcapcustodian package and its contained scripts wil
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 
+## [0.6.1] - 2022-07-13
+### Changed
+- Fix typo in description (Philip Chase)
+
+
 ## [0.6.0] - 2022-07-13
 ### Added
 - Add resources for publication (Philip Chase)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index a918a2a..ee6cdce 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.0
+0.6.1