diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: mrgda
 Title: Tools for Data Assembly
-Version: 0.11.2.8000
+Version: 0.12.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(
     person(given = "Eric", family = "Anderson", email = "andersone@metrumrg.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# mrgda development
+# mrgda 0.12.0
 
 ## New features and changes
 
+- `read_csv_dots` added to the package as the default csv reader. (#215)
+
+- `write_csv_dots` added to the package as an alternative csv writer. (#215)
+
 - `check-src` functions were removed from the package. (#210)
 
 # mrgda 0.11.2