diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tabshiftr
 Title: Reshape Disorganised Messy Data
-Version: 0.4.1
+Version: 0.4.2
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Steffen",
              family = "Ehrmann",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# tabshiftr 0.4.2
+
+- include split and merge functionality for cluster ID.
+
 # tabshiftr 0.4.1
 
 - adapt to update of dplyr