diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b80f3d..e7c731a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2024-11-24 Francois Suter (Idéative)  <typo3@ideative.ch>
 
     * Improve passing properly structured data to DatamapPostprocessEvent, references #355
+    * Release version 7.2.9
 
 2024-11-22 Francois Suter (Idéative)  <typo3@ideative.ch>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/guides.xml b/Documentation/guides.xml
index e75dd1b..229115e 100644
--- a/Documentation/guides.xml
+++ b/Documentation/guides.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     />
     <project
             title="External Import"
-            release="7.2.8"
+            release="7.2.9"
             copyright="2007-2024"
     />
     <inventory id="svconnector" url="https://docs.typo3.org/p/cobweb/svconnector/main/en-us/"/>
diff --git a/ext_emconf.php b/ext_emconf.php
index a92b9cd..6e84ead 100755
--- a/ext_emconf.php
+++ b/ext_emconf.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     'createDirs' => '',
     'clearCacheOnLoad' => 0,
     'author_company' => '',
-    'version' => '7.2.8',
+    'version' => '7.2.9',
     'constraints' =>
         [
             'depends' =>