diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index cc2f4676ff..0c8307e439 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.28.0-rc1 (2018-04-26)
+===========================================
+
+Bug Fixes:
+
+* Fix quarantine media admin API and search reindex (PR #3130)
+* Fix media admin APIs (PR #3134)
+
+
Changes in synapse v0.28.0-rc1 (2018-04-24)
===========================================
Minor performance improvement to federation sending and bug fixes.
-(Note: This release does not include state resolutions discussed in matrix live)
+(Note: This release does not include the delta state resolution implementation discussed in matrix live)
+
Features:
@@ -16,8 +26,7 @@ Changes:
* move handling of auto_join_rooms to RegisterHandler (PR #2996) Thanks to @krombel!
* Improve handling of SRV records for federation connections (PR #3016) Thanks to @silkeh!
* Document the behaviour of ResponseCache (PR #3059)
-* Preparation for py3 (PR #3061, #3073, #3074, #3075, #3103, #3104, #3106, #3107
-#3109, #3110) Thanks to @NotAFile!
+* Preparation for py3 (PR #3061, #3073, #3074, #3075, #3103, #3104, #3106, #3107, #3109, #3110) Thanks to @NotAFile!
* update prometheus dashboard to use new metric names (PR #3069) Thanks to @krombel!
* use python3-compatible prints (PR #3074) Thanks to @NotAFile!
* Send federation events concurrently (PR #3078)
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 2b2c440eb8..4924f44d4e 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
""" This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
"""
-__version__ = "0.28.0-rc1"
+__version__ = "0.28.0"
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