diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 525c94496d09..d37091ceac67 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@
 
 ### Breaking
 
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+## Forest v0.29.0 "Fëanor"
+
+Non-mandatory release. It introduces a couple of features around snapshot generation and inspection. It fully supports the new FRC-0108 Filecoin snapshot format. There is also a notable fix in `Filecoin.ChainNotify` RPC method that would cause issues with some clients.
+
+### Breaking
+
 - [#5946](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/5946) Updated parameters and response of `Forest.StateCompute` RPC method to support new `forest-cli state compute` options.
 
 ### Added
@@ -59,14 +73,14 @@
 
 - [#5969](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/5969) Updated `forest-tool snapshot validate` to print better error message for troubleshooting.
 
-### Removed
-
 ### Fixed
 
 - [#5863](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/5863) Fixed needless GC runs on a stateless node.
 
 - [#5859](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/5859) Fixed size calculation for zstd frame cache.
 
+- [#5975](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/issues/5975) Fixed JSON escaping in the `Filecoin.ChainNotify` RPC method.
+
 ## Forest v0.28.0 "Denethor's Folly"
 
 This is a non-mandatory release recommended for all node operators. It includes numerous fixes and quality-of-life improvements for development and archival snapshot operations. It also includes a memory leak fix that would surface on long-running nodes.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4d65c21a00d0..cf7ab572f834 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3111,7 +3111,7 @@ checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "forest-filecoin"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anes 0.2.1",
@@ -9637,7 +9637,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "rand 0.9.2",
  "sha1",
- "thiserror 2.0.15",
+ "thiserror 2.0.16",
  "utf-8",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 808ca372470f..5bd4f1c05d80 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "forest-filecoin"
-version = "0.28.0"
+version = "0.29.0"
 authors = ["ChainSafe Systems <info@chainsafe.io>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest"
 edition = "2024"