diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4aefdf6b..c416a373 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Notmuch 0.29.2 (2019-10-19)
+===========================
+
+General
+-------
+
+Fix for file descriptor leak when opening gzipped mail files. Thanks
+to James Troup for the bug report and the fix.
+
 Notmuch 0.29.1 (2019-06-11)
 ===========================
 
diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
index ca9e6a8c..1bde97e5 100644
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # this file should be kept in sync with ../../../version
-__VERSION__ = '0.29.1'
+__VERSION__ = '0.29.2'
 SOVERSION = '5'
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 72a52546..21010a1a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+notmuch (0.29.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream bug fix release: fix file descriptor leak with gzipped
+    files. Thanks to James Troup for reporting and the fix.
+
+ -- David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>  Sat, 19 Oct 2019 07:23:21 -0300
+
 notmuch (0.29.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Re-upload to unstable
diff --git a/version b/version
index 25939d35..20f06870 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.29.1
+0.29.2