diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b2bdef9..6de16e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+# 0.27.0 (2026-03-04)
+* New: -en flag to specify the value of rpc-encoding in gRPC
+
 # 0.26.0 (2025-09-01)
 * Add http2 support to yab
 * Fix flaky unit test TestBenchmarkStateGetQuantileSuccess
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 4547189..dadab2d 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ package main
 
 // versionString is the sem-ver version string for yab.
 // It will be bumped explicitly on releases.
-var versionString = "0.26.0"
+var versionString = "0.27.0"