diff --git a/actix-http/CHANGES.md b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
index ab81bbcd..8a8e8545 100644
--- a/actix-http/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-http/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # Changes
 
-## [0.2.9] - 2019-08-xx
+## [0.2.9] - 2019-08-13
 
 ### Changed
 
 * Dropped the `byteorder`-dependency in favor of `stdlib`-implementation
 
+### Fixed
+
+* Fixed a panic in the HTTP2 handshake in client HTTP requests (#1031)
+
 
 ## [0.2.8] - 2019-08-01
 
diff --git a/actix-http/Cargo.toml b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
index 5cf5cafc..b64d5501 100644
--- a/actix-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-http"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Actix http primitives"
 readme = "README.md"