diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 38841b9b9..0a1779036 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-03-12  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
+
+        * configure.in: Post-release bump to 2.27.1.
+
 2009-03-12  Thomas Thurman  <tthurman@gnome.org>
 
         * NEWS: 2.27.0 release.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3884d8974..49e4dff50 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ m4_define([metacity_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([metacity_minor_version], [27])
 # Fibonacci sequence for micro version numbering:
 # 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987
-m4_define([metacity_micro_version], [0])
+m4_define([metacity_micro_version], [1])
 
 m4_define([metacity_version],
           [metacity_major_version.metacity_minor_version.metacity_micro_version])
diff --git a/tools/release-wrangler.py b/tools/release-wrangler.py
index 548af7fe2..b21f34aea 100644
--- a/tools/release-wrangler.py
+++ b/tools/release-wrangler.py
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def main():
   check_we_are_up_to_date()
   version = version_numbers()
   check_file_does_not_exist(version)
-  edit_news_entry(version)
+  #edit_news_entry(version)
   build_it_all(version)
   tag_the_release(version)
   increment_version(version)