diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0b67147..2e3887d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.2.9
+=====
+- Fix bug where sys.stdout.write must take `bytes` in python 2.6
+
 0.2.8
 =====
 - Allow a client to have duplicates of hooks.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a69d44f..cff71ebe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ setup(
         'hooks.'
     ),
     url='https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit',
-    version='0.2.8',
+    version='0.2.9',
 
     author='Anthony Sottile',
     author_email='asottile@umich.edu',