diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 26d753f8..cb76d8e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ members = [
 
 [package]
 name = "clap"
-version = "3.2.8"
+version = "3.2.9"
 description = "A simple to use, efficient, and full-featured Command Line Argument Parser"
 repository = "https://github.com/clap-rs/clap"
 categories = ["command-line-interface"]
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ pre-release-replacements = [
   {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="<!-- next-header -->", replace="<!-- next-header -->\n## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate\n", exactly=1},
   {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="<!-- next-url -->", replace="<!-- next-url -->\n[Unreleased]: https://github.com/clap-rs/clap/compare/{{tag_name}}...HEAD", exactly=1},
   {file="README.md", search="github.com/clap-rs/clap/blob/[^/]+/", replace="github.com/clap-rs/clap/blob/{{tag_name}}/", exactly=13, prerelease = true},
-  {file="README.md", search="version = \"[a-z0-9\\.-]+\"", replace="version = \"{{version}}\"", exactly=1, prerelease = true},
   {file="src/derive.rs", search="github.com/clap-rs/clap/blob/[^/]+/", replace="github.com/clap-rs/clap/blob/{{tag_name}}/", exactly=4, prerelease = true},
 ]