diff --git a/IPython/core/release.py b/IPython/core/release.py
index ba490fe..15d0e0a 100644
--- a/IPython/core/release.py
+++ b/IPython/core/release.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ _version_minor = 29
 _version_patch = 0
 _version_extra = '.dev'
 # _version_extra = 'b1'
-# _version_extra = ""  # Uncomment this for full releases
+_version_extra = ""  # Uncomment this for full releases
 
 # Construct full version string from these.
 _ver = [_version_major, _version_minor, _version_patch]
diff --git a/tools/release_helper.sh b/tools/release_helper.sh
index 317ef5e..884bbde 100644
--- a/tools/release_helper.sh
+++ b/tools/release_helper.sh
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ ask_section(){
     echo
     echo $BLUE"$1"$NOR 
     echo -n $GREEN"Press Enter to continue, S to skip: "$NOR
-    read -n1 value
-    echo 
-    if [ -z $value ] || [ $value = 'y' ]  ; then
+    if [ "$ZSH_NAME" = "zsh" ] ; then
+        read -k1 value
+        value=${value%$'\n'}
+    else
+       read -n1 value
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$value" ] || [ $value = 'y' ]; then
         return 0
     fi
     return 1