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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Get the development version from GitHub:
     ## To cite soilDB in publications use:
     ## 
     ##   Beaudette, D., Skovlin, J., Roecker, S., Brown, A. (2024). soilDB:
-    ##   Soil Database Interface. R package version 2.8.4.
+    ##   Soil Database Interface. R package version 2.8.5.
     ##   <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=soilDB>
     ## 
     ## A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Get the development version from GitHub:
     ##   @Manual{,
     ##     title = {soilDB: Soil Database Interface},
     ##     author = {Dylan Beaudette and Jay Skovlin and Stephen Roecker and Andrew Brown},
-    ##     note = {R package version 2.8.4},
+    ##     note = {R package version 2.8.5},
     ##     url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=soilDB},
     ##     year = {2024},
     ##   }