diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: datacutr
 Type: Package
 Title: SDTM Datacut
-Version: 0.2.2.1
+Version: 0.2.3
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Tim", "Barnett", email = "timothy.barnett@roche.com", role = c("cph","aut", "cre")), 
     person("Nathan", "Rees", email = "nathan.rees@roche.com", role = c("aut")), 
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-# datacutr 0.2.2.1
+# datacutr 0.2.3
 
 ## Updates of Existing Functions
 - `read_out` updated to control location of outputs of the read-out file