diff --git a/packages/datastore-core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/datastore-core/CHANGELOG.md
index a214bfbc..0f963ac9 100644
--- a/packages/datastore-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/datastore-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## datastore-core [9.2.9](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/compare/datastore-core-9.2.8...datastore-core-9.2.9) (2024-02-28)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* stop namespaced datastore throwing when queried ([#296](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/issues/296)) ([9163490](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/commit/916349054a3f83a7c9c4bb692edebcce409c7fee)), closes [#236](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/issues/236) [#236](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/issues/236)
+
 ## datastore-core [9.2.8](https://github.com/ipfs/js-stores/compare/datastore-core-v9.2.7...datastore-core-9.2.8) (2024-02-12)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/datastore-core/package.json b/packages/datastore-core/package.json
index a27fc72f..fb04ded2 100644
--- a/packages/datastore-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/datastore-core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "datastore-core",
-  "version": "9.2.8",
+  "version": "9.2.9",
   "description": "Wrapper implementation for interface-datastore",
   "author": "Friedel Ziegelmayer <dignifiedquire@gmail.com>",
   "license": "Apache-2.0 OR MIT",