diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 01d02ce..e9183be 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.27.0-dev
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.28.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml
index 6279c36..9ae6570 100644
--- a/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: mcp-operator
 description: A Helm chart for the mcp-operator
 type: application
-version: v0.27.0
-appVersion: v0.27.0
+version: v0.28.0
+appVersion: v0.28.0
 home: https://github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator
 sources:
   - https://github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml b/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml
index 44cf8da..05af473 100644
--- a/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ deployment:
 
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/openmcp-project/github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/images/mcp-operator
-  tag: v0.27.0
+  tag: v0.28.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7945ee8..125d2a0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.37.0
 	github.com/openmcp-project/control-plane-operator v0.1.5
 	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.9.0
-	github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/api v0.27.0
+	github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/api v0.28.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0