diff --git a/OncoSimulR/DESCRIPTION b/OncoSimulR/DESCRIPTION
index f647efb9..f53440eb 100644
--- a/OncoSimulR/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/OncoSimulR/DESCRIPTION
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: OncoSimulR
 Type: Package
 Title: Forward Genetic Simulation of Cancer Progression with Epistasis 
 Version: 2.17.7
-Date: 2020-01-22
+Date: 2020-01-30
 Authors@R: c(person("Ramon", "Diaz-Uriarte", role = c("aut", "cre"),
 		     email = "rdiaz02@gmail.com"),
 	      person("Mark", "Taylor", role = "ctb", email = "ningkiling@gmail.com"),
diff --git a/OncoSimulR/inst/NEWS b/OncoSimulR/inst/NEWS
index 635571e4..455eb893 100644
--- a/OncoSimulR/inst/NEWS
+++ b/OncoSimulR/inst/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Changes in version 2.17.7 (2020-01-22):
+Changes in version 2.17.7 (2020-01-30):
 	- Removed dependency on nem, to be deprecated. Adding nem's
 	code (file nem_transitive_reduction.R).