diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index cf667cffa5..f468226d98 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Version 0.2.9  (2017-03-01)
+===========================
+  * Retain compatibility with NEOS v1
+
 Version 0.2.8  (2017-02-27)
 ===========================
   * Fix bug where frames were being dropped in minute 71
diff --git a/selfdrive/common/version.h b/selfdrive/common/version.h
index dc68bd365a..189a1c1b3a 100644
--- a/selfdrive/common/version.h
+++ b/selfdrive/common/version.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-const char *openpilot_version = "0.2.8";
+const char *openpilot_version = "0.2.9";
diff --git a/selfdrive/visiond/visiond b/selfdrive/visiond/visiond
index 97bebc97db..8e68b39555 100755
--- a/selfdrive/visiond/visiond
+++ b/selfdrive/visiond/visiond
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d95c61def56f7fff0bbf166d0b0b1c9a713bca82f733b00c807da525773e2b03
-size 14707120
+oid sha256:a2753f355653ea7baf25bf4e64d46137e2a6b6bec36c660c4707b8f84b1e4015
+size 14736912