diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 757a9f15..a3be31dc 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# soilDB 2.7.0 (2022-05-17)
+# soilDB 2.7.0 (2022-05-18)
  * Spatial 
    - Dropped imports from `sp` and `raster` which means `soilDB` no longer requires the soon-to-retire `rgdal` package.
    - All spatial data processing has been moved to `sf` and `terra`, which have been added to Suggests. 
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
    * Added several new columns from the `plotplantinventory` table to `get_vegplot_species_from_NASIS_db()` result; thanks to Zachary Van Abbema for suggestion and feedback
    * Local NASIS metadata used for `uncode()` are now cached within an R session which results in faster query processing times for users with a local NASIS database connection set up. 
      - The `db` argument to `uncode()` has been deprecated. Now, `code()` and `uncode()` can use `ChoiceName` and/or `ChoiceLabel` in coding and decoding `ChoiceValue` for all data sources.
+   * Rock fragment and artifact sieving now uses <76mm as the upper boundary for gravel fraction, and a related QC message has been removed
  * SSURGO / Soil Data Access
    * Added `get_SDA_cosurfmorph()`: a new function in "SSURGO On Demand" style. Users can customize the WHERE clause, target tables and the grouping variable used to calculate proportions (default `by="compname"`)
       * "cosurfmorphgc" summarizes "geomposmntn", "geomposhill", "geomposflats", "geompostrce"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f72c652..5bda76d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Manual](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-HTML-informational)](https://ncss-tech
 Installation
 ------------
 
-Get the stable version (2.6.15) from CRAN:
+Get the stable version from CRAN:
 
     install.packages('soilDB', dependencies = TRUE)
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Citation
     ## To cite soilDB in publications use:
     ## 
     ##   Dylan Beaudette, Jay Skovlin, Stephen Roecker and Andrew Brown
-    ##   (2022). soilDB: Soil Database Interface. R package version 2.6.15.
+    ##   (2022). soilDB: Soil Database Interface. R package version 2.7.0.
     ##   <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=soilDB>
     ## 
     ## A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
diff --git a/inst/CITATION b/inst/CITATION
index 4d25808c..2ded54b2 100644
--- a/inst/CITATION
+++ b/inst/CITATION
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ citEntry(
   entry = "Manual",
   title = "soilDB: Soil Database Interface",
   author = "Dylan Beaudette, Jay Skovlin, Stephen Roecker and Andrew Brown",
-  note = "R package version 2.6.15",
+  note = "R package version 2.7.0",
   url = "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=soilDB",
   year = "2022",
-  textVersion = "Dylan Beaudette, Jay Skovlin, Stephen Roecker and Andrew Brown (2022). soilDB: Soil Database Interface. R package version 2.6.15. <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=soilDB>"
+  textVersion = "Dylan Beaudette, Jay Skovlin, Stephen Roecker and Andrew Brown (2022). soilDB: Soil Database Interface. R package version 2.7.0. <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=soilDB>"
 )