diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 36704f1a1..27ed18561 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PolarSSL ChangeLog
 
-= Branch 1.2
+= Version 1.2.9 released 2013-09-25
 Changes
    * x509_verify() now case insensitive for cn (RFC 6125 6.4)
 
diff --git a/doxygen/input/doc_mainpage.h b/doxygen/input/doc_mainpage.h
index f21d813d0..015d874ea 100644
--- a/doxygen/input/doc_mainpage.h
+++ b/doxygen/input/doc_mainpage.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @mainpage PolarSSL v1.2.8 source code documentation
+ * @mainpage PolarSSL v1.2.9 source code documentation
  * 
  * This documentation describes the internal structure of PolarSSL.  It was
  * automatically generated from specially formatted comment blocks in
diff --git a/doxygen/polarssl.doxyfile b/doxygen/polarssl.doxyfile
index d0cd9b39b..380d863bb 100644
--- a/doxygen/polarssl.doxyfile
+++ b/doxygen/polarssl.doxyfile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 # The PROJECT_NAME tag is a single word (or a sequence of words surrounded
 # by quotes) that should identify the project.
 
-PROJECT_NAME           = "PolarSSL v1.2.8"
+PROJECT_NAME           = "PolarSSL v1.2.9"
 
 # The PROJECT_NUMBER tag can be used to enter a project or revision number.
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
diff --git a/include/polarssl/version.h b/include/polarssl/version.h
index 036e2b42b..a9d18f6f0 100644
--- a/include/polarssl/version.h
+++ b/include/polarssl/version.h
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@
  */
 #define POLARSSL_VERSION_MAJOR  1
 #define POLARSSL_VERSION_MINOR  2
-#define POLARSSL_VERSION_PATCH  8
+#define POLARSSL_VERSION_PATCH  9
 
 /**
  * The single version number has the following structure:
  *    MMNNPP00
  *    Major version | Minor version | Patch version
  */
-#define POLARSSL_VERSION_NUMBER         0x01020800
-#define POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING         "1.2.8"
-#define POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING_FULL    "PolarSSL 1.2.8"
+#define POLARSSL_VERSION_NUMBER         0x01020900
+#define POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING         "1.2.9"
+#define POLARSSL_VERSION_STRING_FULL    "PolarSSL 1.2.9"
 
 #if defined(POLARSSL_VERSION_C)
 
diff --git a/library/CMakeLists.txt b/library/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cf055e95..18aa20037 100644
--- a/library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ add_library(polarssl STATIC ${src})
 else(NOT USE_SHARED_POLARSSL_LIBRARY)
 
 add_library(polarssl SHARED ${src})
-set_target_properties(polarssl PROPERTIES VERSION 1.2.8 SOVERSION 2)
+set_target_properties(polarssl PROPERTIES VERSION 1.2.9 SOVERSION 3)
 
 endif(NOT USE_SHARED_POLARSSL_LIBRARY)
 
diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_version.data b/tests/suites/test_suite_version.data
index 72455ee9b..65f041219 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_version.data
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_version.data
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Check compiletime library version
-check_compiletime_version:"1.2.8"
+check_compiletime_version:"1.2.9"
 
 Check runtime library version
-check_runtime_version:"1.2.8"
+check_runtime_version:"1.2.9"