diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dedcc7d4335da09214ca036d5fdf9473a45f1682..5d9ade10c605acabc8ba3e4f2cef8aaa88b25e47 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.9.1
+2.9.2
diff --git a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
index 58a62e420ad2b50f02421bf935380143f30281d0..3565c98c97f943813b3545c9b5118dba89e9b7f8 100644
--- a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ RUN cd /opt/spack-environment && spack env activate . && spack gc -y
 
 # Strip all the binaries
 # This reduces the image size from 3.2GB --> 1.7GB so worth the time
-RUN find -L /usr/local/* -type f -exec readlink -f '{}' \; | \
+RUN find -L /usr/local/* \
+         -type d -name site-packages -prune -false -o \
+         -type f -not -name "zdll.lib" \
+         -exec readlink -f '{}' \; | \
     xargs file -i | \
     grep 'charset=binary' | \
     grep 'x-executable\|x-archive\|x-sharedlib' | \