diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 31dd92d70..07eb4fad4 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Type: Package
 Package: datapackr
 Title: A Package that Packs and Unpacks all Data Packs and Target Setting
     Tools
-Version: 7.6.0
-Date: 2024-06-28
+Version: 7.6.1
+Date: 2024-07-17
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Scott", "Jackson", , "sjackson@baosystems.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Jason", "Pickering", , "jason.p.pickering@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "rev")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a88b1c781..fc848980c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-# datapackr 7.6.0
+# datapackr 7.6.1
 ## New features
-* Sunset COP21 and COP22
-* Added original versions of the COP25 templates
+*
+
+## Bug fixes
+* Updated dataset_levels to reflect org hierarchy change
+
+## Minor improvements and fixes
+* 
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * reenabled droping invalid disaggs from the year 2 sheet