diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index b457f85d0..f5eaa3c35 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.28.0
+
 * Implement dependency cache per request.
     * This avoids calling each dependency multiple times for the same request.
     * This is useful while calling external services, performing costly computation, etc.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index a7f602392..308fe5b3b 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.27.2"
+__version__ = "0.28.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks