diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index a56866a8bd73..4b36f9a64b37 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "core": "24.29.0",
+  "core": "24.29.1",
   "prover": "16.5.0",
   "zkstack_cli": "0.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f369de29bf1b..eb5f2528a827 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10201,7 +10201,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
-version = "24.29.0"
+version = "24.29.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 59b49af15540..3d7121983b70 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [24.29.1](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.29.0...core-v24.29.1) (2024-10-21)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **external-node:** delete empty unsealed batch on EN initialization ([#3125](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/3125)) ([5d5214b](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/5d5214ba983823b306495d34fdd1d46abacce07a))
+
 ## [24.29.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.28.0...core-v24.29.0) (2024-10-14)
 
 
diff --git a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
index 25f2400c79bb..d7557f49f56c 100644
--- a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
 description = "Non-validator ZKsync node"
-version = "24.29.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "24.29.1" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true