diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 8744ed4..1c9eb4f 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 ^\.github$
 ^metadata\.yaml$
+^.*\.Rproj$
+^\.Rproj\.user$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 762d852..4988c3b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: BoutrosLab.plotting.general
-Version: 7.0.2
+Version: 7.0.3
 Type: Package
 Title: Functions to Create Publication-Quality Plots
-Date: 2022-03-07
+Date: 2022-03-15
 Authors@R: c(person("Paul Boutros", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "PBoutros@mednet.ucla.edu"),
              person("Christine P'ng", role = "ctb"),
              person("Jeff Green", role = "ctb"),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e461a1e..62dee1c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+BoutrosLab.plotting.general 7.0.3 2022-03-15
+
+UPDATE
+* Update .Rbuildignore to match lab R standards
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 BoutrosLab.plotting.general 7.0.2 2022-03-07
 
 BUG
diff --git a/metadata.yaml b/metadata.yaml
index 5957ef2..c4dcef6 100644
--- a/metadata.yaml
+++ b/metadata.yaml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ Dependencies:
   - knitr
   - testthat
 References: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-019-2610-2
-Version: 7.0.2
+Version: 7.0.3