diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b91b2c3..00c21d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "auto-commit-service"
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 description = "Automated commit message generation service using local LLM inference"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"