diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86b806fc3..dd54110a1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ and this repository adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## v1.29.1 - 2023-11-07
+
+### 🛠️ Bug fixes
+
+- Check for mxBean compatibility before attempting cast (#1508)
+
 ## v1.29.0 - 2023-10-13
 
 ### General
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a666f8b4..a5e7a41fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ To extend the instrumentation with the OpenTelemetry Instrumentation for Java,
 you have to use a compatible API version.
 
 <!-- IMPORTANT: do not change comments or break those lines below -->
-The Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java version <!--SPLUNK_VERSION-->1.29.0<!--SPLUNK_VERSION--> is compatible
+The Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java version <!--SPLUNK_VERSION-->1.29.1<!--SPLUNK_VERSION--> is compatible
 with:
 
 * OpenTelemetry API version <!--OTEL_VERSION-->1.31.0<!--OTEL_VERSION-->
diff --git a/deployments/cloudfoundry/buildpack/README.md b/deployments/cloudfoundry/buildpack/README.md
index ea5535879..b787561c9 100644
--- a/deployments/cloudfoundry/buildpack/README.md
+++ b/deployments/cloudfoundry/buildpack/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ If you want to use a specific version of the Java agent in your application, you
 environment variable before application deployment, either using `cf set-env` or the `manifest.yml` file:
 
 ```sh
-$ cf set-env SPLUNK_OTEL_JAVA_VERSION 1.29.0
+$ cf set-env SPLUNK_OTEL_JAVA_VERSION 1.29.1
 ```
 
 By default, the [latest](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-java/releases/latest) available agent version is used.
diff --git a/instrumentation/jvm-metrics/src/main/java/com/splunk/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jvmmetrics/AllocatedMemoryMetrics.java b/instrumentation/jvm-metrics/src/main/java/com/splunk/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jvmmetrics/AllocatedMemoryMetrics.java
index 9b9fbbf00..ba8f8c3d0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jvm-metrics/src/main/java/com/splunk/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jvmmetrics/AllocatedMemoryMetrics.java
+++ b/instrumentation/jvm-metrics/src/main/java/com/splunk/opentelemetry/instrumentation/jvmmetrics/AllocatedMemoryMetrics.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public long getCumulativeAllocationTotal() {
   }
 
   private AllocationTracker createAllocationTracker() {
-    if (hasComSunThreadMXBean() && isThreadAllocatedMemoryEnabled() && mxBeanTypeIsCompatible()) {
+    if (hasComSunThreadMXBean() && mxBeanTypeIsCompatible() && isThreadAllocatedMemoryEnabled()) {
       return new AllocationTracker();
     }
     return null;
diff --git a/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/otel.yaml b/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/otel.yaml
index 00d986685..7aa1624c1 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/otel.yaml
+++ b/smoke-tests/src/test/resources/otel.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ exporters:
     token: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
     endpoint: http://hec-backend:1080/services/collector/event
     sourcetype: "test"
-    max_connections: 20
     timeout: 10s
     tls:
       insecure_skip_verify: true
diff --git a/version.gradle.kts b/version.gradle.kts
index 103402208..3281e71f0 100644
--- a/version.gradle.kts
+++ b/version.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // do NOT update that variable manually - it is managed by the pre/post release scripts
-val distroVersion = "1.29.0"
+val distroVersion = "1.29.1"
 
 allprojects {
   version = distroVersion