diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: netrankr
 Type: Package
 Title: Analyzing Partial Rankings in Networks
-Version: 1.1.1.9999
+Version: 1.2.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("David", "Schoch", email = "david@schochastics.net", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2952-4812")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# netrankr 1.1.1.9999
+# netrankr 1.2.0
 
 * benchmark vignette is now reproducible with code and data from `data-raw`