diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index ae2d5430..4504bc32 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.26.2
+current_version = 0.27.0
 files = setup.py mqttwarn/__init__.py
 search = version='{current_version}'
 	__version__ = '{current_version}'
diff --git a/mqttwarn/__init__.py b/mqttwarn/__init__.py
index 06d91f9b..36e5fb07 100644
--- a/mqttwarn/__init__.py
+++ b/mqttwarn/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # (c) 2014-2018 The mqttwarn developers
 
-__version__   = '0.26.2'
+__version__   = '0.27.0'
 
 __author__    = 'Jan-Piet Mens <jpmens()gmail.com>, Ben Jones <ben.jones12()gmail.com>'
 __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2014-2018 Jan-Piet Mens'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b6d9e6db..1228833f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 
 
 setup(name='mqttwarn',
-      version='0.26.2',
+      version='0.27.0',
       description='mqttwarn - subscribe to MQTT topics and notify pluggable services',
       long_description=README,
       license="EPL 2.0",