diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd9f712f4e..cd3599066e 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ This repo periodically syncs all official Kubeflow components from their respect
 | KServe Models Web App | contrib/kserve/models-web-app | [0.13.0](https://github.com/kserve/models-web-app/tree/0.13.0/config) |
 | Kubeflow Pipelines | apps/pipeline/upstream | [2.3.0](https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/tree/2.3.0/manifests/kustomize) |
 | Kubeflow Tekton Pipelines | apps/kfp-tekton/upstream | [2.0.5](https://github.com/kubeflow/kfp-tekton/tree/2.0.5/manifests/kustomize) |
-| Kubeflow Model Registry | apps/model-registry/upstream | [v0.2.5-alpha](https://github.com/kubeflow/model-registry/tree/v0.2.5-alpha/manifests/kustomize) |
+| Kubeflow Model Registry | apps/model-registry/upstream | [v0.2.9](https://github.com/kubeflow/model-registry/tree/v0.2.9/manifests/kustomize) |
 
 The following is also a matrix with versions from common components that are
 used from the different projects of Kubeflow:
diff --git a/apps/model-registry/upstream/base/kustomization.yaml b/apps/model-registry/upstream/base/kustomization.yaml
index bf9c0720f5..04dcff9bfe 100644
--- a/apps/model-registry/upstream/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/model-registry/upstream/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-  - model-registry-configmap.yaml
-  - model-registry-deployment.yaml
-  - model-registry-service.yaml
-  - model-registry-sa.yaml
+- model-registry-configmap.yaml
+- model-registry-deployment.yaml
+- model-registry-service.yaml
+- model-registry-sa.yaml
+images:
+- name: kubeflow/model-registry
+  newName: kubeflow/model-registry
+  newTag: v0.2.9
diff --git a/hack/synchronize-model-registry-manifests.sh b/hack/synchronize-model-registry-manifests.sh
index 45cef98ca2..d313c30758 100755
--- a/hack/synchronize-model-registry-manifests.sh
+++ b/hack/synchronize-model-registry-manifests.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 set -euxo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-COMMIT="v0.2.5-alpha" # You can use tags as well
+COMMIT="v0.2.9" # You can use tags as well
 DEV_MODE=${DEV_MODE:=false}
 SRC_DIR=${SRC_DIR:=/tmp/kubeflow-model-registry}
 BRANCH=${BRANCH:=synchronize-kubeflow-model-registry-manifests-${COMMIT?}}