diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 6cd0417..c3b7a94 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+2015-09-15 version 0.2.9
+- FIX: added API description and diagram to documentation
 - NEW: kill has been surfaced into the API (disabled by compile flag by default)
 - FIX: kill now also deletes LAST file and its parent directories if empty
 - NEW: ocat --load-ghash can load revgeo db
diff --git a/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.spec b/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.spec
index 9bc0a5b..0dd3f5a 100644
--- a/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.spec
+++ b/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%define version 0.2.7
+%define version 0.2.9
 
 Name:           ot-recorder
 Version:        %{version}
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index d0bd98b..fde91f6 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define VERSION "0.2.8"
+#define VERSION "0.2.9"