diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7950a5f320..c063c0814a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.27.0 (21st February, 2024)
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 * The `app=...` shortcut has been deprecated. Use the explicit style of `transport=httpx.WSGITransport()` or `transport=httpx.ASGITransport()` instead.
diff --git a/httpx/__version__.py b/httpx/__version__.py
index 3edc842c69..c121a898de 100644
--- a/httpx/__version__.py
+++ b/httpx/__version__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 __title__ = "httpx"
 __description__ = "A next generation HTTP client, for Python 3."
-__version__ = "0.26.0"
+__version__ = "0.27.0"