diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 754c8a8bf1..56d16c2f24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.27.0] - 2021-11-09
+
 Fixed:
 
   * remove dependency on six, #732
@@ -1379,6 +1381,8 @@ Fixed
 Initial Release
 
 <!-- link-labels -->
+[2.27.0]: ../../compare/v2.27.0..v2.26.1
+[2.26.1]: ../../compare/v2.26.1..v2.26.0
 [2.26.0]: ../../compare/v2.26.0..v2.25.1
 [2.25.1]: ../../compare/v2.25.1..v2.25.0
 [2.25.0]: ../../compare/v2.25.0..v2.24.0
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index 6999b0f8be..a3fdd0fa81 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.26.1',
+    version='2.27.0',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',