diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3d5dc2174..9000f42ce9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ and what APIs have changed, if applicable.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [29.45.0] - 2023-08-25
+
+- Downgrade major version back to 29. Technically this is not semver-compatible
+  but we feel that the impact should be less sever than the impact of bumping
+  the major version.
+
 ## [30.0.0] - 2023-08-15
 - Remove resetTogglingStores functionality from LoadBalancerClientCli, which is incompatible with Java 17
 
@@ -5518,7 +5524,8 @@ patch operations can re-use these classes for generating patch messages.
 
 ## [0.14.1]
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li/compare/v30.0.0...master
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li/compare/v29.45.0...master
+[29.45.0]: https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li/compare/v30.0.0...v29.45.0
 [30.0.0]: https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li/compare/v29.44.0...v30.0.0
 [29.44.0]: https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li/compare/v29.43.11...v29.44.0
 [29.43.11]: https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li/compare/v29.43.10...v29.43.11
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 914f80ac85..e8687a643d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=30.0.0
+version=29.45.0
 group=com.linkedin.pegasus
 org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true