diff --git a/CHANGELOG-UNRELEASED.md b/CHANGELOG-UNRELEASED.md
index 8b742475..2f730af6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-UNRELEASED.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-UNRELEASED.md
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ### Changed
 
-- bump holochain and hc binaries to `0.0.27-alpha1`
-
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 631aa841..4fe4d90b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.0.28] - 2019-08-09
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+- bump holochain and hc binaries to `0.0.27-alpha1`
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Security
+
 ## [0.0.27] - 2019-08-05
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/example.config.nix b/example.config.nix
index 68362f1b..0a9b38e7 100644
--- a/example.config.nix
+++ b/example.config.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ echo "All finished!!!"
   # the commit hash that the release process should target
   # this will always be behind what ends up being deployed
   # the release process needs to add some commits for changelog etc.
-  commit = "6793fd6d7088076948e7a0d920cfb6ad9b5f3c4e";
+  commit = "ed1a62276312201a8ea1dfdecc2b15c08e67db95";
 
   # the semver for prev and current releases
   # the previous version will be scanned/bumped by release scripts