diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d992e0a72d..0c01f4ce18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 2.28.0-rc.0 / 2021-06-18
+## 2.28.0 / 2021-06-21
 
 * [CHANGE] UI: Make the new experimental PromQL editor the default. #8925
 * [FEATURE] Linode SD: Add Linode service discovery. #8846
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e7bada56a9..90efbd4e31 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.28.0-rc.0
+2.28.0