diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c154a8586..73de72361 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2.28.0
+======
+
+Translations
+  Amitakhya Phukan (as), David Planella (ca), Petr Kovar (cs), Ask H. Larsen
+  (da), Mario Blättermann (de), Bruce Cowan (en_GB), Tommi Vainikainen (fi),
+  Antón Méixome (gl), Sweta Kothari (gu), Yaron Shahrabani (he), Rajesh Ranjan
+  (hi), Takayuki KUSANO (ja), Shankar Prasad (kn), Changwoo Ryu (ko), Gintautas
+  Miliauskas (lt), Rajesh Ranjan (mai), Ani (ml), Sandeep Shedmake (mr), Manoj
+  Kumar Giri (or), A S Alam (pa), Fábio Nogueira (pt_BR), Lucian Adrian
+  Grijincu (ro), Matej Urbančič (sl), krishnababu k (te), Theppitak
+  Karoonboonyanan (th), Maxim V. Dziumanenko (uk)
+
 2.27.1
 ======
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e0cc63f6a..a6fe61641 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 
 m4_define([metacity_major_version], [2])
-m4_define([metacity_minor_version], [27])
+m4_define([metacity_minor_version], [28])
 # 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], [2])
+m4_define([metacity_micro_version], [0])
 
 m4_define([metacity_version],
           [metacity_major_version.metacity_minor_version.metacity_micro_version])