diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6068615..c7c538c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Please mark backwards incompatible changes with an exclamation mark at the start
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [29.5.0] - 2026-02-23
+
 ### Fixed
 - A `NameError` that was being raised when `jay_api/elasticsearch/client` was
   required without requiring `elasticsearch`.
diff --git a/lib/jay_api/version.rb b/lib/jay_api/version.rb
index c395c02..ae58e3a 100644
--- a/lib/jay_api/version.rb
+++ b/lib/jay_api/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 module JayAPI
   # JayAPI gem's semantic version
-  VERSION = '29.4.0'
+  VERSION = '29.5.0'
 end