diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b86fcc7..768d88a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: EpiCompare
 Title: Comparison, Benchmarking & QC of Epigenomic Datasets
-Version: 1.9.5
+Version: 1.9.6
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Sera", family = "Choi", 
         email = "serachoi1230@gmail.com", 
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ Authors@R: c(
         email = "alanmurph94@hotmail.com", 
         role = "aut",
         comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2487-8753")),
-    person(given="Thomas", family="Roberts",
-        email = "tomroberts.work15@gmail.com",
-        role = "cre"),
     person(given="Nathan", family="Skene", 
         email = "nathan.skene@gmail.com", 
         role = "aut",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
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 [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/doi-https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.22.501149-blue.svg)](https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.22.501149)
 <br>
-[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/devel%20version-1.9.1-black.svg)](https://github.com/neurogenomics/EpiCompare)
+[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/devel%20version-1.9.6-black.svg)](https://github.com/neurogenomics/EpiCompare)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/github/languages/code-size/neurogenomics/EpiCompare.svg)](https://github.com/neurogenomics/EpiCompare)
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