diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1e65b852..1affbf8b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
 Remotes:
   mrc-ide/malariaEquilibrium,
-  mrc-ide/individual
 Imports:
-  individual (>= 0.1.6),
+  individual (>= 0.1.7),
   malariaEquilibrium,
   Rcpp,
   statmod,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index aed84d5a..0a813cf8 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# malariasimulation 1.2.0 (wip)
+# malariasimulation 1.2.0
 
   * added a `news.md` file to track changes to the package.
   * n_inc_clinical includes treated humans
   * disaggregate EIR and state counts by mosquito species
   * remove redundant Total_M and and global EIR outputs
+  * new vignette on how to calibrate EIR to prevalence