diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: soilDB
 Type: Package
 Title: Soil Database Interface
 Version: 2.5.9
-Date: 2021-01-07
+Date: 2021-01-26
 Authors@R: c(person(given="Dylan", family="Beaudette", role = c("aut"), email = "dylan.beaudette@usda.gov"),
              person(given="Jay", family="Skovlin", role = c("aut")), 
              person(given="Stephen", family="Roecker", role = c("aut")), 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# soilDB 2.5.9 (2021-01-13)
+# soilDB 2.5.9 (2021-01-26)
  * `HenryTimeLine` moved to {sharpshootR} package
  * new functions `mukey.wcs()` and `ISSR800.wcs()` for hitting web coverage service (WCS) for gSSURGO, gNATSGO, and ISSR-800 grids
  * new function `ROSETTA()` for accessing the new ROSETTA model API (c/o Todd Skaggs, USDA-ARS)