diff --git a/openevolve/_version.py b/openevolve/_version.py
index e0ac131a..30c7df0a 100644
--- a/openevolve/_version.py
+++ b/openevolve/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version information for openevolve package."""
 
-__version__ = "0.2.8"
+__version__ = "0.2.9"
diff --git a/openevolve/llm/openai.py b/openevolve/llm/openai.py
index 243ac02a..189c5e0b 100644
--- a/openevolve/llm/openai.py
+++ b/openevolve/llm/openai.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ async def generate_with_context(
             "o3-", "o3",  # o3, o3-mini, o3-pro  
             "o4-",        # o4-mini
             # GPT-5 series are also reasoning models
-            "gpt-5-", "gpt-5"  # gpt-5, gpt-5-mini, gpt-5-nano
+            "gpt-5-", "gpt-5",  # gpt-5, gpt-5-mini, gpt-5-nano
             # The GPT OSS series are also reasoning models
             "gpt-oss-120b", "gpt-oss-20b"
         )