diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cafcaf9ea..643fdb554 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [0.29.4](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/compare/v0.29.3...v0.29.4) (2020-09-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* recognize `application/merge-patch+json` media type as JSON ([#198](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/issues/198)) ([958b6af](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/commit/958b6af12736f5daabcd0c8d3dc914e25bead966))
+
 ## [0.29.3](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/compare/v0.29.2...v0.29.3) (2020-09-02)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c266c47e0..6f2269d77 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-openapi-validator",
-  "version": "0.29.3",
+  "version": "0.29.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 262981de6..1c313d301 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-openapi-validator",
   "description": "Configurable and extensible validator/linter for OpenAPI documents",
-  "version": "0.29.3",
+  "version": "0.29.4",
   "main": "src/lib/index.js",
   "repository": "https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",