diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 8c3bf1ce..17734f63 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 0.2.9 (2016-07-26):
+ * Add option ``nbsphinx_prompt_width``
+
 Version 0.2.8 (2016-05-20):
  * Add options ``nbsphinx_execute`` and ``nbsphinx_execute_arguments``
  * Separate "display priority" for HTML and LaTeX
diff --git a/nbsphinx.py b/nbsphinx.py
index a46a0f92..f96006b0 100644
--- a/nbsphinx.py
+++ b/nbsphinx.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 http://nbsphinx.rtfd.org/
 
 """
-__version__ = '0.2.8'
+__version__ = '0.2.9'
 
 import copy
 import docutils