diff --git a/perl/Changes b/perl/Changes
index b506234b..333a824e 100644
--- a/perl/Changes
+++ b/perl/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.29
+
+    - add $unpacker->utf8 mode, decoding strings as UTF-8.
+
 0.28
 
     - added more tests(gfx)
diff --git a/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm b/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
index 3d2d6954..01e0fc05 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Data/MessagePack.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 use 5.008001;
 
-our $VERSION = '0.28';
+our $VERSION = '0.29';
 our $PreferInteger = 0;
 
 sub true () {