diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 879febd..3288d99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## Version 0.2.9
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76cf13f..9ef837d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alacritty"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 dependencies = [
  "arraydeque 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "base64 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
  "crossbeam-epoch 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "crossbeam-utils 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num_cpus 1.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "parking_lot 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "futures 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num_cpus 1.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
-version = "0.12.23"
+version = "0.12.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "hyper 0.12.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "hyper 0.12.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "native-tls 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-io 0.1.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num_cpus"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "1.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.48 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@
  "crossbeam-deque 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.48 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num_cpus 1.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@
  "encoding_rs 0.8.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "http 0.1.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "hyper 0.12.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "hyper 0.12.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper-tls 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libflate 0.1.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@
  "bytes 0.4.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mio 0.6.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num_cpus 1.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-current-thread 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-executor 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-io 0.1.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@
  "lazy_static 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mio 0.6.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num_cpus 1.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "parking_lot 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "slab 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-executor 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@
  "crossbeam-utils 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.1.25 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "num_cpus 1.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "slab 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tokio-executor 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@
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 "checksum httparse 1.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e8734b0cfd3bc3e101ec59100e101c2eecd19282202e87808b3037b442777a83"
 "checksum humantime 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3ca7e5f2e110db35f93b837c81797f3714500b81d517bf20c431b16d3ca4f114"
-"checksum hyper 0.12.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "860faf61a9957c9cb0e23e69f1c8290e92f6eb660fcdd1f2d6777043a2ae1a46"
+"checksum hyper 0.12.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fdfa9b401ef6c4229745bb6e9b2529192d07b920eed624cdee2a82348cd550af"
 "checksum hyper-tls 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "32cd73f14ad370d3b4d4b7dce08f69b81536c82e39fcc89731930fe5788cd661"
 "checksum idna 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "38f09e0f0b1fb55fdee1f17470ad800da77af5186a1a76c026b679358b7e844e"
 "checksum image 0.20.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "44665b4395d1844c96e7dc8ed5754782a1cdfd9ef458a80bbe45702681450504"
@@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@
 "checksum num-rational 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4e96f040177bb3da242b5b1ecf3f54b5d5af3efbbfb18608977a5d2767b22f10"
 "checksum num-traits 0.1.43 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "92e5113e9fd4cc14ded8e499429f396a20f98c772a47cc8622a736e1ec843c31"
 "checksum num-traits 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0b3a5d7cc97d6d30d8b9bc8fa19bf45349ffe46241e8816f50f62f6d6aaabee1"
-"checksum num_cpus 1.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5a69d464bdc213aaaff628444e99578ede64e9c854025aa43b9796530afa9238"
+"checksum num_cpus 1.10.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1a23f0ed30a54abaa0c7e83b1d2d87ada7c3c23078d1d87815af3e3b6385fbba"
 "checksum objc 0.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9833ab0efe5361b1e2122a0544a5d3359576911a42cb098c2e59be8650807367"
 "checksum objc-foundation 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1add1b659e36c9607c7aab864a76c7a4c2760cd0cd2e120f3fb8b952c7e22bf9"
 "checksum objc_id 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c92d4ddb4bd7b50d730c215ff871754d0da6b2178849f8a2a2ab69712d0c073b"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8e34fc0..ce22a3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "alacritty"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 authors = ["Joe Wilm <joe@jwilm.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 build = "build.rs"
diff --git a/alacritty.man b/alacritty.man
index 3f4afe9..5f370c5 100644
--- a/alacritty.man
+++ b/alacritty.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH ALACRITTY "1" "August 2018" "alacritty 0.2.8" "User Commands"
+.TH ALACRITTY "1" "August 2018" "alacritty 0.2.9" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 alacritty \- a cross-platform, gpu-accelerated terminal emulator
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
diff --git a/assets/osx/Alacritty.app/Contents/Info.plist b/assets/osx/Alacritty.app/Contents/Info.plist
index c25fc15..53ebb1c 100644
--- a/assets/osx/Alacritty.app/Contents/Info.plist
+++ b/assets/osx/Alacritty.app/Contents/Info.plist
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   <key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
   <string>APPL</string>
   <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-  <string>0.2.8</string>
+  <string>0.2.9</string>
   <key>CFBundleSupportedPlatforms</key>
   <array>
     <string>MacOSX</string>
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 586006a..caed046 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: alacritty
-version: '0.2.8' # just for humans, typically '1.2+git' or '1.3.2'
+version: '0.2.9' # just for humans, typically '1.2+git' or '1.3.2'
 summary: Modern, GPU accelerated terminal emulator
 description: |
   Alacritty is the fastest terminal emulator in existence. Using the GPU