diff --git a/common.json b/common.json
index 467c4edf..90d2993f 100644
--- a/common.json
+++ b/common.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "Jsonnet files should not include this file directly but use ci/common.jsonnet instead."
   ],
 
-  "mx_version": "7.29.5",
+  "mx_version": "7.29.6",
 
   "COMMENT.jdks": "When adding or removing JDKs keep in sync with JDKs in ci/common.jsonnet",
   "jdks": {
diff --git a/src/mx/_impl/mx.py b/src/mx/_impl/mx.py
index def98502..2a333ad9 100755
--- a/src/mx/_impl/mx.py
+++ b/src/mx/_impl/mx.py
@@ -18196,7 +18196,7 @@ def alarm_handler(signum, frame):
 _CACHE_DIR = get_env('MX_CACHE_DIR', join(dot_mx_dir(), 'cache'))
 
 # The version must be updated for every PR (checked in CI) and the comment should reflect the PR's issue
-version = VersionSpec("7.29.6")  # GR-56803
+version = VersionSpec("7.29.7")  # GR-57947 replace misstyped 'raise' with 'return'
 
 _mx_start_datetime = datetime.utcnow()
 
diff --git a/src/mx/_impl/mx_benchmark.py b/src/mx/_impl/mx_benchmark.py
index 08f0080c..67c29412 100644
--- a/src/mx/_impl/mx_benchmark.py
+++ b/src/mx/_impl/mx_benchmark.py
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ def run_java(self, args, out=None, err=None, cwd=None, nonZeroIsFatal=False):
 
     def home(self):
         """Returns the JAVA_HOME location of that vm"""
-        raise mx.get_jdk().home
+        return mx.get_jdk().home
 
     def run_vm(self, args, out=None, err=None, cwd=None, nonZeroIsFatal=False):
         self.extract_vm_info(args)