diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbae9492aa47..797db9ca282c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+### Changed
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+## Forest v0.28.0 "Denethor's Folly"
+
+This is a non-mandatory release recommended for all node operators. It includes numerous fixes and quality-of-life improvements for development and archival snapshot operations. It also includes a memory leak fix that would surface on long-running nodes.
+
+### Added
+
 - [#5739](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/issues/5739) Add `--export-mode` flag to the `forest-tool archive sync-bucket` subcommand. This allows exporting and uploading only the required files.
 
 - [#5778](https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest/pull/5778) Feat generate a detailed test report in `api compare` command through `--report-dir` and `--report-mode`
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ce5c9180e644..2ee5c3f94bf1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3061,7 +3061,7 @@ checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "forest-filecoin"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.28.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "anes 0.2.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ac4f5bd00c22..eb2a11d968f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "forest-filecoin"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.28.0"
 authors = ["ChainSafe Systems <info@chainsafe.io>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/ChainSafe/forest"
 edition = "2024"