diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 63504adf3f..5dafa46ba5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-libmongoc 1.29.0 (unreleased)
-=============================
+libmongoc 1.29.0
+================
+
+Improvements:
 
+  * Retry KMS requests on transient errors.
 
 Platform Support:
 
@@ -15,6 +18,17 @@ Deprecated:
 Notes:
 
   * Raise required version of libmongocrypt to 1.12.0 to support In-Use Encryption (corresponds to the CMake option: `ENABLE_CLIENT_SIDE_ENCRYPTION`).
+  * A future minor release will raise the minimum supported MongoDB Server version from 4.0 to 4.2. This is in accordance with [MongoDB Software Lifecycle Schedules](https://www.mongodb.com/legal/support-policy/lifecycles). **Support for MongoDB Server 4.0 will be dropped in a future release!**
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to the development of this release.
+
+  * Kevin Albertson
+  * Ezra Chung
+  * Micah Scott
+  * Adrian Dole
+  * Andreas Braun
+  * Joshua Siegel
+
 
 libmongoc 1.28.1
 ================
diff --git a/VERSION_CURRENT b/VERSION_CURRENT
index ac3f6e1415..5e57fb8955 100644
--- a/VERSION_CURRENT
+++ b/VERSION_CURRENT
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.29.0-dev
+1.29.0
diff --git a/src/libbson/NEWS b/src/libbson/NEWS
index 9c2f8d47c9..71df6a8925 100644
--- a/src/libbson/NEWS
+++ b/src/libbson/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-libbson 1.29.0 (Unreleased)
-===========================
+libbson 1.29.0
+==============
 
 Deprecated:
 
@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@ Deprecated:
   * `bson_atomic_*` and `bson_thrd_yield` functions.
   * `bson_as_json` and `bson_array_as_json` are deprecated due to producing non-portable Legacy Extended JSON. Prefer Canonical Extended JSON or Relaxed Extended JSON for portability. To continue using Legacy Extended JSON, use `bson_as_legacy_extended_json` and `bson_array_as_legacy_extended_json`.
 
+Fixes:
+
+  * Fix Relaxed Extended JSON encoding of dates after year 9999.
+
+Improvements:
+
+  * Improve performance of bson_utf8_escape_for_json
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed to the development of this release.
+
+  * Kevin Albertson
+  * Micah Scott @ MongoDB
+  * Ezra Chung
+  * Joshua Siegel
+
 libbson 1.28.1
 ==============
 
diff --git a/src/libmongoc/doc/includes/libbson.inv b/src/libmongoc/doc/includes/libbson.inv
index 29758e51d6..3fe2dc05dc 100644
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