diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ba889ee988a..54bf0ea12c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 # anything to the list of stable crates.
 # Only bump  0.x.* to 0.(x+1).0 on any nearcore release as nearcore does not guarantee
 # semver compatibility. i.e. api can change without a protocol upgrade.
-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.28.0"
 exclude = ["neard"]
 
 [workspace]