diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index d0a8a69..c8f211c 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Chang
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7348-8858  
 title: "HexWatershed: a mesh-independent flow direction model for hydrologic models"
-version: 0.2.28
+version: 0.2.29
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6425881
 date-released: 2022-03-31
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
index b77254e..87ed2bb 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ metadata:
   # Package name
   name: hexwatershed
   # Package version
-  version: "0.2.28"
+  version: "0.2.29"
   # Package summary
   summary: A mesh-independent flow direction model for hydrologic models
   # Package homepage
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index c46d3aa..bd31a5d 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {% set name = "hexwatershed" %}
 {% set git_rev = "main" %}
-{% set version = "0.2.28" %}
+{% set version = "0.2.29" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
diff --git a/external/setup_with_hexwatershed.py b/external/setup_with_hexwatershed.py
index 275055c..95e7418 100644
--- a/external/setup_with_hexwatershed.py
+++ b/external/setup_with_hexwatershed.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 AUTHOR = "Chang Liao"
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = "chang.liao@pnnl.gov"
 URL = "https://github.com/changliao1025/pyhexwatershed"
-VERSION = "0.2.28"
+VERSION = "0.2.29"
 REQUIRES_PYTHON = ">=3.8.0"
 KEYWORDS = ["hexwatershed",
             "hydrology",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 84a66bd..0b9c041 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.2.28
+current_version = 0.2.29
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3fcdfc5..40b404a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 AUTHOR = "Chang Liao"
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = "chang.liao@pnnl.gov"
 URL = "https://github.com/changliao1025/pyhexwatershed"
-VERSION = "0.2.28"
+VERSION = "0.2.29"
 REQUIRES_PYTHON = ">=3.8.0"
 KEYWORDS = ["hexwatershed",
             "hydrology",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 REQUIRED = [
     "numpy",
     "gdal",    
-    "shapely",
+    "pyearth",
     "pyflowline"
 ]