diff --git a/docs/man/labelme.1 b/docs/man/labelme.1
index b0753f269ac1691662b27d11cdca32a01007e811..91584164ef163ef58d164f4c196c5729d5779c18 100644
--- a/docs/man/labelme.1
+++ b/docs/man/labelme.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.12.
-.TH LABELME "1" "February 2020" "labelme 4.2.8" "User Commands"
+.TH LABELME "1" "February 2020" "labelme 4.2.9" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-labelme \- manual page for labelme 4.2.8
+labelme \- manual page for labelme 4.2.9
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 usage: labelme [\-h] [\-\-version] [\-\-reset\-config]
 .IP
diff --git a/labelme/__init__.py b/labelme/__init__.py
index adf869cba972a24fe69035ea47fe4fb5fe4039a5..3b026b2f6f1a23e18c73a5d3fed0771ad8c2dd94 100644
--- a/labelme/__init__.py
+++ b/labelme/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ __appname__ = 'labelme'
 # 1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes;
 # 2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards-compatible manner;
 # 3. PATCH version when you make backwards-compatible bug fixes.
-__version__ = '4.2.8'
+__version__ = '4.2.9'
 
 QT4 = QT_VERSION[0] == '4'
 QT5 = QT_VERSION[0] == '5'