diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index fcd608cf..9035fc7d 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0.2.7 / 2012-08-10
+------------------
+
+* Forced UTF-8 charset for text assets, to avoid problems with JS loaders
+
+
 0.2.6 / 2012-08-09
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7ab6651d..71977222 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name"            : "mincer",
-  "version"         : "0.2.6",
+  "version"         : "0.2.7",
   "description"     : "Web assets processor. Native JavaScript port of Sprockets.",
   "keywords"        : ["sprockets", "assets", "minify", "uglify", "bundle", "less", "stylus"],
   "homepage"        : "https://github.com/nodeca/mincer",