diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index fead972..0a11bc8 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: harpPoint
 Title: Point verifition for NWP forecasts
-Version: 0.2.0.9001
+Version: 0.2.1
 Authors@R: as.person(c(
     "Andrew Singleton <andrewts@met.no> [aut, cre]", 
     "Alex Deckmyn <alex.deckmyn@meteo.be> [aut]"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Authors@R: as.person(c(
 Description: Functions for computing verification scores for NWP forecasts. 
     Part of the harp ecosystem. 
 Depends:
-    harpCore (>= 0.2.0),
+    harpCore (>= 0.2.2),
     R (>= 3.3.1)
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Imports:
     magrittr,
     rlang,
     stats,
-    harpIO (>= 0.2.0),
+    harpIO (>= 0.2.2),
     progress,
     matrixStats,
     SpecsVerification,
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ Imports:
     hexbin,
     tidyselect
 Remotes:
-    harphub/harpCore@develop,
-    harphub/harpIO@develop
+    harphub/harpCore@v0.2.2,
+    harphub/harpIO@v0.2.2
 URL: https://github.com/harphub/harpPoint
 BugReports: https://github.com/harphub/harpPoint/issues
 Suggests: 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b97f752..6b42c5a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# harpPoint v0.2.1
+
+* HOTFIX released on 2nd February 2024
+
+* Fixes a bug that caused errors in `check_obs_against_fcst()` for deterministic
+forecasts
+
+* Fixes bug that meant `lag_forecast()` and `shift_forecast()` did not accept 
+the harp >= v0.2.0 column naming convention
+
 # harpPoint v0.2.0
 
 This is a major update. Most of the changes are internal, but there are some