diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 56f427f..bbbae7b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "email_address"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 authors = ["Simon Johnston <johnstonskj@gmail.com>"]
 description = "A Rust crate providing an implementation of an RFC-compliant `EmailAddress` newtype. "
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/email_address/"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80c318f..5a04e0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,9 +59,13 @@ assert_eq!(
 
 ## Changes
 
+### Version 0.2.9
+
+* Fixed bug [#21](https://github.com/johnstonskj/rust-email_address/issues/21): Invalid Unicode characters accepted.
+
 ### Version 0.2.8
 
-* Fix: put back implementation of `Eq`.
+* Fixed bug [#29](https://github.com/johnstonskj/rust-email_address/issues/29): Put back implementation of `Eq`.
 
 ### Version 0.2.7