diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 56bbd79..c61bf21 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2018-04-05  NIIBE Yutaka  <gniibe@fsij.org>
 
+	* VERSION: 1.2.9.
+
 	* tests: Add test cases for admin-less mode.
 
 	* src/openpgp.c (cmd_change_password): Care admin-less mode.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2855250..1bce50d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ Gnuk NEWS - User visible changes
 
 * Major changes in Gnuk 1.2.9
 
-  Released 2018-03-31, by NIIBE Yutaka
+  Released 2018-04-05, by NIIBE Yutaka
 
 ** A test suite fix: Clear PW3
 Until 1.2.8, after running the test suite under "tests", PW3 keystring
 remained, which affects use of admin-less mode.  New test case is
 added to clear PW3.
 
+** tool/upgrade_by_passwd.py supports KDF-DO auth
+With KDF-DO, firmware upgrade didn't work.  Now, it's supported.
+
 ** Add "single-salt" support for KDF-DO
 With KDF-DO, "admin-less" mode didn't work well.  With new feature of
 "single-salt" support, we can use "admin-less" mode with KDF-DO.
diff --git a/README b/README
index f0baa4b..ea4c45b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gnuk - An Implementation of USB Cryptographic Token for GnuPG
 
 							  Version 1.2.9
-							     2018-03-31
+							     2018-04-05
 							   Niibe Yutaka
 				      Free Software Initiative of Japan
 
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ It also supports RSA-4096, but users should know that it takes more
 than 8 seconds to sign/decrypt.  Key generation of RSA-4096 just fails,
 because the device doesn't have enough memory.
 
-It supports new KDF-DO feature.  To use the feature, you need to use
-newer GnuPG (forthcoming 2.2.6 or later).  And you need to manually
-prepare the KDF-DO on your token.  Please note that this is
-experimental.  GnuPG 2.2.6 will include KDF-DO setup.
+It supports new KDF-DO feature.  Please note that this is
+experimental.  To use the feature, you need to use newer GnuPG
+(forthcoming 2.2.6 or later).  You need to prepare the KDF-DO on your
+token by the card-edit/kdf-setup command.
 
 
 What's Gnuk?
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bf62d64..8368971 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-release/1.2.8
+release/1.2.9