diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7128836a..706bd277 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.2.9 (2015-12-06)
+
+* Fix and improve text sanitization.
+
+
 ## v1.2.8 (2015-12-06)
 
 * Fix sanitize player names
diff --git a/plexpy/version.py b/plexpy/version.py
index e5f27395..8733e484 100644
--- a/plexpy/version.py
+++ b/plexpy/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 PLEXPY_VERSION = "master"
-PLEXPY_RELEASE_VERSION = "1.2.8"
+PLEXPY_RELEASE_VERSION = "1.2.9"