diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7223ca3..f23dc97 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.1.28"
+    ".": "0.1.29"
 }
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f01bf35..efb84e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.29](https://github.com/STARTcloud/startcloud_generic_provisioner/compare/startcloud_generic_provisioner/v0.1.28...startcloud_generic_provisioner/v0.1.29) (2026-07-17)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* consume core_provisioner via pinned release instead of git submodule ([0795c18](https://github.com/STARTcloud/startcloud_generic_provisioner/commit/0795c187b6080c9ca3e548def5cee450b8dfe673))
+* driver ssls is the canonical SSL tree; retire the SHI template generator ([cd77c0f](https://github.com/STARTcloud/startcloud_generic_provisioner/commit/cd77c0f89eeefc19ccf51057637adb10c50ff0da))
+
 ## [0.1.28](https://github.com/STARTcloud/startcloud_generic_provisioner/compare/startcloud_generic_provisioner/v0.1.27...startcloud_generic_provisioner/v0.1.28) (2026-07-17)
 
 
diff --git a/provisioner.yml b/provisioner.yml
index 7be93ed..01f416e 100644
--- a/provisioner.yml
+++ b/provisioner.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: startcloud_generic_provisioner
-version: 0.1.28
+version: 0.1.29
 label: STARTcloud Generic Provisioner
 description: Generic provisioner for STARTcloud servers
 author: STARTcloud
diff --git a/version.rb b/version.rb
index fc8ad86..6e999a5 100644
--- a/version.rb
+++ b/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module Provisioner
     NAME = 'startcloud_generic_provisioner'
-    VERSION = '0.1.28'
+    VERSION = '0.1.29'
 end
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