diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4241ffc4..043fde59 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 For a list of breaking changes, check [here](#breaking-changes).
 
-## Unreleased
+## 0.2.9
 
 ### New
 
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ For a list of breaking changes, check [here](#breaking-changes).
 
 ### Enhancements / fixes
 
+- Upgrade to GraalVM 21.0.0 [#712](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/712)
+
 Babashka.nrepl:
 
 - Implement pprint support [#18](https://github.com/babashka/babashka.nrepl/issues/18) ([@kolharsam](https://github.com/kolharsam), [@grazfather](https://github.com/grazfather), [@bbatsov](https://github.com/bbatsov))
diff --git a/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION b/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
index 8cd718f2..d81f1c3f 100644
--- a/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
+++ b/resources/BABASHKA_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.9-SNAPSHOT
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+0.2.9
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