diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e7cf9b3..e60bf2a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.8"
+  ".": "0.2.9"
 }
diff --git a/.version.txt b/.version.txt
index a45be46..1866a36 100644
--- a/.version.txt
+++ b/.version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.8
+0.2.9
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0061fe..428eef5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.9](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/compare/v0.2.8...v0.2.9) (2026-07-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** remove upper bound from semantic_logger dependency ([#54](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/issues/54)) ([0b9f154](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/commit/0b9f154f1b2ec1961dbb176954551b6f9caf16f0))
+
 ## [0.2.8](https://github.com/rubyists/leopard/compare/v0.2.7...v0.2.8) (2026-05-19)
 
 
diff --git a/lib/leopard/version.rb b/lib/leopard/version.rb
index c8f88dc..913f833 100644
--- a/lib/leopard/version.rb
+++ b/lib/leopard/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Rubyists
   module Leopard
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    VERSION = '0.2.8'
+    VERSION = '0.2.9'
     # x-release-please-end
   end
 end