diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff13c00b9..af16cc63f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## version 1.29.0 - 2018/08/31
+
 * The visibility of nodes on the tree now more accurately reflects the selected date range - [PR 644](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/644)
 * Info text is easier to read & the date range reflects the genomes in view - [PR 639](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/639)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e80336f0..b3a205024 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "auspice",
-  "version": "1.28.0",
+  "version": "1.29.0",
   "description": "Web app for visualizing pathogen evolution",
   "author": "James Hadfield, Trevor Bedford and Richard Neher",
   "license": "AGPL",
diff --git a/src/version.js b/src/version.js
index 960378f08..b518bbee2 100644
--- a/src/version.js
+++ b/src/version.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const version = "1.28.0";
+export const version = "1.29.0";