diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: nflfastR
 Title: Functions to Efficiently Scrape NFL Play by Play Data
-Version: 2.0.0
+Version: 2.0.1
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Sebastian",
              family = "Carl",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Imports:
     tibble,
     tidyr,
     tidyselect,
-    xgboost
+    xgboost (>= 1.1)
 Suggests: 
     furrr,
     future
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# nflfastR 2.0.1
+
+* Added minimum version requirement on `xgboost` (>= 1.1) as the recent `xgboost` update 
+caused a breaking change leading to failure in adding model results to data.
+
 # nflfastR 2.0.0
 
 ### Models
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