diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 57c0a034..3469cc8d 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+2.27.0 (July 30, 2024)
+----------------------
+- Fix odr issue in type_caster (`#1013 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit/pull/1013>`_)
+- More robust unified fitting in minuit.migrad and minuit.mnprofile (`#1009 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit/pull/1009>`_)
+- Cure error when extremes cannot be found (`#1011 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit/pull/1011>`_)
+- Fix for visibledeprecationwarning, useful annotated types, support tuple annotation (`#1004 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit/pull/1004>`_)
+- Ci: using uv with cibuildwheel (`#999 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit/pull/999>`_)
+
 2.26.0 (June 03, 2024)
 ----------------------
 - Ci: add github artifact attestations to package distribution (`#993 <https://github.com/scikit-hep/iminuit/pull/993>`_)
diff --git a/doc/update_changelog.py b/doc/update_changelog.py
index cb09f2e7..308e7c9d 100644
--- a/doc/update_changelog.py
+++ b/doc/update_changelog.py
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
 import subprocess as subp
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
-from pkg_resources.extern.packaging.version import InvalidVersion
+from packaging.version import Version, InvalidVersion
 import datetime
 import warnings
 import sys
 
 cwd = Path(__file__).parent
 
-version = (
-    subp.check_output([sys.executable, cwd.parent / "version.py"]).strip().decode()
-)
-new_version = parse_version(version)
 
-
-def parse_version_with_fallback(x):
+def parse_version_with_fallback(version_string):
     try:
-        return parse_version(x)
+        return Version(version_string)
     except InvalidVersion:
-        return parse_version("0.0.1")
+        return Version("0.0.1")
+
+
+version = (
+    subp.check_output([sys.executable, cwd.parent / "version.py"]).strip().decode()
+)
+new_version = parse_version_with_fallback(version)
 
 
 with warnings.catch_warnings():
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def parse_version_with_fallback(x):
 
 # find latest entry
 m = re.search(r"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+) \([^\)]+\)\n-*", content, re.MULTILINE)
-previous_version = parse_version(m.group(1))
+previous_version = Version(m.group(1))
 position = m.span(0)[0]
 
 # sanity checks
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index acb68f8d..41a3e435 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 [project]
 name = "iminuit"
 description = "Jupyter-friendly Python frontend for MINUIT2 in C++"
-version = "2.26.0"
+version = "2.27.0"
 maintainers = [
     { name = "Hans Dembinski" },
     { email = "hans.dembinski@gmail.com" },