diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: readr
 Title: Read Rectangular Text Data
-Version: 2.0.2.9000
+Version: 2.1.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Hadley",
              family = "Wickham",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# readr (development version)
+# readr 2.1.0
 
 * All readr functions again read eagerly by default. Unfortunately many users
   experienced frustration from the drawbacks of lazy reading, in particular