diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 505b9dff2..0f5ce0657 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Development
 ===========
 - (Fill this out as you fix issues and develop your features).
 
+
+Changes in 0.29.1
+=================
+- Add support for freshly released pymongo 4.9 #2849
+
 Changes in 0.29.0
 =================
 - Fix weakref in EmbeddedDocumentListField (causing brief mem leak in certain circumstances) #2827
diff --git a/mongoengine/__init__.py b/mongoengine/__init__.py
index 3b2a884b6..f74e30a94 100644
--- a/mongoengine/__init__.py
+++ b/mongoengine/__init__.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 )
 
 
-VERSION = (0, 29, 0)
+VERSION = (0, 29, 1)
 
 
 def get_version():