diff --git a/apis/r/DESCRIPTION b/apis/r/DESCRIPTION
index 9da4a5efe1..e9f63cce8c 100644
--- a/apis/r/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/apis/r/DESCRIPTION
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Description: Interface for working with 'TileDB'-based Stack of Matrices,
     like those commonly used for single cell data analysis. It is documented at
     <https://github.com/single-cell-data>; a formal specification available is at
     <https://github.com/single-cell-data/SOMA/blob/main/abstract_specification.md>.
-Version: 1.15.99.4
+Version: 1.15.99.5
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Aaron", family = "Wolen",
            role = c("cre", "aut"), email = "aaron@tiledb.com",
diff --git a/apis/r/NEWS.md b/apis/r/NEWS.md
index 9a66841637..665e4fe24a 100644
--- a/apis/r/NEWS.md
+++ b/apis/r/NEWS.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 * Handle `numeric` coords properly when reading arrays
 * Remove two more `tiledb::schema` callsites [#3160](https://github.com/single-cell-data/TileDB-SOMA/pull/3160)
 * Add new Arrow-to-R type mapper
-* Add transitiona/non-exported `parse_query_condition_new` [#3162](https://github.com/single-cell-data/TileDB-SOMA/pull/3162)
+* Add transitional/non-exported `parse_query_condition_new` [#3162](https://github.com/single-cell-data/TileDB-SOMA/pull/3162)
+* Apply new `parse_query_condition` [#3174](https://github.com/single-cell-data/TileDB-SOMA/pull/3174)
 
 # tiledbsoma 1.14.1