diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83db5fc7..fd16e7b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [2.9.2-hotfix.1](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-popups/compare/v2.9.1...v2.9.2-hotfix.1) (2022-12-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* prevent API bot exit without referer ([b9f5c56](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-popups/commit/b9f5c5646580f7f354dac1279a33a7398bc6491c))
+
 ## [2.9.1](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-popups/compare/v2.9.0...v2.9.1) (2022-12-20)
 
 
diff --git a/api/classes/class-lightweight-api.php b/api/classes/class-lightweight-api.php
index 4afa8aed..178d5449 100644
--- a/api/classes/class-lightweight-api.php
+++ b/api/classes/class-lightweight-api.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Lightweight_API {
 	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
 	 */
 	public function __construct( $nonce = null, $ignore_referer_validation = false ) {
-		if ( $this->is_a_web_crawler() ) {
+		if ( $this->is_a_web_crawler() && ! $ignore_referer_validation ) {
 			header( 'X-Robots-Tag: noindex' );
 			exit;
 		}
diff --git a/includes/class-newspack-popups-segmentation.php b/includes/class-newspack-popups-segmentation.php
index fe29bad2..2e5c7662 100644
--- a/includes/class-newspack-popups-segmentation.php
+++ b/includes/class-newspack-popups-segmentation.php
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ public function __construct() {
 		add_action( 'wp_footer', [ __CLASS__, 'insert_amp_analytics' ], 20 );
 
 		add_filter( 'newspack_custom_dimensions', [ __CLASS__, 'register_custom_dimensions' ] );
-		// Temporarily removed this filter on 2022-12-20. It's causing blank pages to get cached intermittently on production sites.
-		// phpcs:ignore Squiz.Commenting.InlineComment.InvalidEndChar
-		// add_filter( 'newspack_custom_dimensions_values', [ __CLASS__, 'report_custom_dimensions' ] );
+		add_filter( 'newspack_custom_dimensions_values', [ __CLASS__, 'report_custom_dimensions' ] );
 
 		// Data pruning CRON job.
 		register_deactivation_hook( NEWSPACK_POPUPS_PLUGIN_FILE, [ __CLASS__, 'cron_deactivate' ] );
diff --git a/newspack-popups.php b/newspack-popups.php
index a02376c8..569ce5b4 100755
--- a/newspack-popups.php
+++ b/newspack-popups.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Author URI:      https://newspack.blog
  * Text Domain:     newspack-popups
  * Domain Path:     /languages
- * Version:         2.9.1
+ * Version:         2.9.2-hotfix.1
  *
  * @package         Newspack_Popups
  */
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c7bd0d74..8d1ef69f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "newspack-popups",
-  "version": "2.9.1",
+  "version": "2.9.2-hotfix.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "newspack-popups",
-      "version": "2.9.1",
+      "version": "2.9.2-hotfix.1",
       "dependencies": {
         "classnames": "^2.3.2",
         "intersection-observer": "^0.12.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab133e94..b46e0eb3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "newspack-popups",
-  "version": "2.9.1",
+  "version": "2.9.2-hotfix.1",
   "main": "Gruntfile.js",
   "author": "Automattic",
   "scripts": {