diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b5897b1..e0e6436 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Description: Enable users to evaluate long-term trends using a Generalized
     questions.  Methodology described in Murphy (2019) 
     <doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.03.027>.
 Author: Rebecca Murphy, Elgin Perry, Jennifer Keisman, Jon Harcum, Erik W Leppo
-Version: 2.0.11.9004
+Version: 2.0.12
 Maintainer: Erik W Leppo <Erik.Leppo@tetratech.com>
 Depends:
     R (>= 3.5.0)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b41489c..9f9b582 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ NEWS
 
 <!-- NEWS.md is generated from NEWS.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
 
-    #> Last Update: 2024-07-26 09:33:40.813854
+    #> Last Update: 2024-07-26 09:35:21.683005
+
+# baytrends 2.0.12
+
+- release 2024-07-27
+- refactor: Bump version number for submittal to CRAN
 
 # baytrends 2.0.11.9004
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rmd b/NEWS.rmd
index 52a43c7..719a8b6 100644
--- a/NEWS.rmd
+++ b/NEWS.rmd
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 cat(paste0("Last Update: ",Sys.time()))
 ```
 
+# baytrends 2.0.12
+
+- release 2024-07-27
+- refactor: Bump version number for submittal to CRAN
+
 # baytrends 2.0.11.9004
 
 - release 2024-07-27