diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 8aefaa393b..6e8cfd4922 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 10
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH 0.dev1
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 9
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH 2
 
 // Similar to Python's convention: https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/apiabiversion.html
 // Additional convention: 0xD = dev
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_HEX 0x020A00D1
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_HEX 0x02090200
 
 #define PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(name) namespace name {
 #define PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(name) }
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index 7519ac903b..8df530e094 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ def _to_int(s):
         return s
 
 
-__version__ = "2.10.0.dev1"
+__version__ = "2.9.2"
 version_info = tuple(_to_int(s) for s in __version__.split("."))