diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e273512..b790086 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.2.8"
+  ".": "0.2.9"
 }
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d04116..167bdbe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.9](https://github.com/altertable-ai/dbt-altertable/compare/dbt-altertable-v0.2.8...dbt-altertable-v0.2.9) (2026-09-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **duckdb:** declare DuckDB as the parent adapter ([#43](https://github.com/altertable-ai/dbt-altertable/issues/43)) ([db8871d](https://github.com/altertable-ai/dbt-altertable/commit/db8871d3db322866fde17049c0b692100439e346))
+
 ## [0.2.8](https://github.com/altertable-ai/dbt-altertable/compare/dbt-altertable-v0.2.7...dbt-altertable-v0.2.8) (2026-09-25)
 
 
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/altertable/__version__.py b/dbt/adapters/altertable/__version__.py
index ef7ba3c..3df2d82 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/altertable/__version__.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/altertable/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version = "0.2.8"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "0.2.9"  # x-release-please-version