diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0c0e8a8a..dc9964bb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: rlistings
 Title: Clinical Trial Style Data Readout Listings
-Version: 0.2.8.9003
+Version: 0.2.9
 Date: 2024-06-11
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gabriel", "Becker", , "gabembecker@gmail.com", role = "aut",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ URL: https://insightsengineering.github.io/rlistings/,
     https://github.com/insightsengineering/rlistings/
 BugReports: https://github.com/insightsengineering/rlistings/issues
 Depends:
-    formatters (>= 0.5.7.9000),
+    formatters (>= 0.5.8),
     methods,
     tibble (>= 2.0.0)
 Imports:
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 7ee32db0..6ce74171 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-## rlistings 0.2.8.9003
- * Added truetype font support based on new `formatters` api, by @gmbecker.
- * `paginate_listing` now accepts `col_gap` argument and passes it down correctly to pagination machinery in `formatters`, by @gmbecker.
+## rlistings 0.2.9
+ * Added `truetype` font support based on new `formatters` api, by @gmbecker.
  * Fixed tests so that paginations based on different fonts and page sizes can be compared, by @gmbecker.
+ * `paginate_listing` now accepts `col_gap` argument and passes it down correctly to pagination machinery in `formatters`, by @gmbecker.
 
 ## rlistings 0.2.8
  * Added relevant tests for pagination when key columns need to be repeated in each page and when they are all empty.
diff --git a/R/rlistings.R b/R/rlistings.R
index 031e8614..11be12e4 100644
--- a/R/rlistings.R
+++ b/R/rlistings.R
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ get_keycols <- function(df) {
 #' @param expand_newlines (`flag`)\cr this should always be `TRUE` for listings. We keep it
 #'   for debugging reasons.
 #'
-#' @return a [`MatrixPrintForm`] object.
+#' @return a [formatters::MatrixPrintForm] object.
 #'
 #' @seealso [formatters::matrix_form()]
 #'
diff --git a/R/rlistings_methods.R b/R/rlistings_methods.R
index 11a85653..d5ca8d6f 100644
--- a/R/rlistings_methods.R
+++ b/R/rlistings_methods.R
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dflt_courier <- font_spec("Courier", 9, 1)
 
 #' Methods for `listing_df` objects
 #'
-#' See core documentation in [`formatters`] for descriptions of these functions.
+#' See core documentation in [formatters::formatters-package] for descriptions of these functions.
 #'
 #' @inheritParams formatters::toString
 #' @param x (`listing_df`)\cr the listing.
diff --git a/man/listing_methods.Rd b/man/listing_methods.Rd
index 8a97e3a9..e4dd1e5e 100644
--- a/man/listing_methods.Rd
+++ b/man/listing_methods.Rd
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ calculating string widths and heights, as returned by \code{\link[formatters:fon
 }
 }
 \description{
-See core documentation in \code{\link{formatters}} for descriptions of these functions.
+See core documentation in \link[formatters:formatters-package]{formatters::formatters-package} for descriptions of these functions.
 }
 \examples{
 lsting <- as_listing(mtcars)
diff --git a/man/matrix_form-listing_df-method.Rd b/man/matrix_form-listing_df-method.Rd
index 9dabd22c..35e42b4b 100644
--- a/man/matrix_form-listing_df-method.Rd
+++ b/man/matrix_form-listing_df-method.Rd
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ calculating string widths and heights, as returned by \code{\link[formatters:fon
 font specified by \code{fontspec}.}
 }
 \value{
-a \code{\link{MatrixPrintForm}} object.
+a \link[formatters:MatrixPrintForm]{formatters::MatrixPrintForm} object.
 }
 \description{
 Although \code{rtable}s are represented as a tree data structure when outputting the table to ASCII or HTML,