diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9c73af..d7789fe 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 /389-ds-base-1.2.8.3.tar.bz2
 /389-ds-base-1.2.9.a1.tar.bz2
 /389-ds-base-1.2.9.a2.tar.bz2
+/389-ds-base-1.2.9.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/389-ds-base-git-local.sh b/389-ds-base-git-local.sh
index 6651e8b..4ad61fe 100644
--- a/389-ds-base-git-local.sh
+++ b/389-ds-base-git-local.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
 # use a real tag name here
-VERSION=1.2.9.a2
+VERSION=1.2.9.0
 PKGNAME=389-ds-base
 TAG=${TAG:-$PKGNAME-$VERSION}
 #SRCNAME=$PKGNAME-$VERSION-$DATE
diff --git a/389-ds-base-git.sh b/389-ds-base-git.sh
index 96e3848..4148e10 100644
--- a/389-ds-base-git.sh
+++ b/389-ds-base-git.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
 # use a real tag name here
-VERSION=1.2.9.a2
+VERSION=1.2.9.0
 PKGNAME=389-ds-base
 TAG=${TAG:-$PKGNAME-$VERSION}
 URL="http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=389/ds.git;a=snapshot;h=$TAG;sf=tgz"
diff --git a/389-ds-base.spec b/389-ds-base.spec
index c7facb6..fa2c065 100644
--- a/389-ds-base.spec
+++ b/389-ds-base.spec
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # for a pre-release, define the prerel field e.g. .a1 .rc2 - comment out for official release
 # also remove the space between % and global - this space is needed because
 # fedpkg verrel stupidly ignores comment lines
-%global prerel .a2
+# % global prerel .a2
 # also need the relprefix field for a pre-release e.g. .0 - also comment out for official release
-%global relprefix 0.
+# % global relprefix 0.
 
 %global use_openldap 1
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 Summary:          389 Directory Server (base)
 Name:             389-ds-base
-Version:          1.2.9
-Release:          %{?relprefix}2%{?prerel}%{?dist}
+Version:          1.2.9.0
+Release:          %{?relprefix}1%{?prerel}%{?dist}
 License:          GPLv2 with exceptions
 URL:              http://port389.org/
 Group:            System Environment/Daemons
@@ -276,6 +276,16 @@ exit 0
 %{_libdir}/%{pkgname}/libslapd.so.*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 15 2011 Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com> - 1.2.9.0-1
+- Bug 720059 - RDN with % can cause crashes or missing entries
+- Bug 709468 - RSA Authentication Server timeouts when using simple paged results on RHDS 8.2.
+- Bug 691313 - Need TLS/SSL error messages in repl status and errors log
+- Bug 712855 - Directory Server 8.2 logs "Netscape Portable Runtime error -5961 (TCP connection reset by peer.)" to error log whereas Directory Server 8.1 did not
+- Bug 713209 - Update sudo schema
+- Bug 719069 - clean up compiler warnings in 389-ds-base 1.2.9
+- Bug 718303 - Intensive updates on masters could break the consumer's cache
+- Bug 711679 - unresponsive LDAP service when deleting vlv on replica
+
 * Mon Jun 27 2011 Rich Megginson <rmeggins@redhat.com> - 1.2.9-0.2.a2
 - 389-ds-base-1.2.9.a2
 - look for separate openldap ldif library
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 838a3f2..d6cad5b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d608d6f38dec965a07b5a7f8529e93a4  389-ds-base-1.2.9.a2.tar.bz2
+3eef88585cb990e288ef2ea0249d5e4c  389-ds-base-1.2.9.0.tar.bz2