diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29ab79d18..8fc87a822 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.28.0] - 2021-11-30
+
 Added:
 
   * Store parameterization of processors in METS for provenance, #747
@@ -1392,6 +1394,7 @@ Fixed
 Initial Release
 
 <!-- link-labels -->
+[2.28.0]: ../../compare/v2.28.0..v2.27.0
 [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
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index a3fdd0fa8..b398d6286 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.27.0',
+    version='2.28.0',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',