diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: VISCfunctions
 Type: Package
 Title: VISC STP/SRA functions
-Version: 1.2.3.9000
+Version: 1.2.4
 Authors@R: c(person("Bryan", "Mayer", ,"bmayer@fredhutch.org", "aut"),
              person("Monica", "Gerber", ,"mgerber@fredhutch.org", "aut"),
              person("Celia", "Mahoney", ,"cmahoney@fredhutch.org", "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ae5b9b1..6eb2ad3 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# VISCfunctions (development version)
+# VISCfunctions 1.2.4
 
 * Suppress warning from get_full_name() when fragile ldapsearch system call fails on Linux and macOS (#96)