diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 236b70723..707d0d2dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v0.28.1
+
+*January 18th, 2019*
+
+Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
+@HaoyangLiu
+
+Friendly reminder, we have a [bug bounty
+program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint).
+
+### BUG FIXES:
+- [consensus] Fix consensus halt from proposing blocks with too much evidence
+
 ## v0.28.0
 
 *January 16th, 2019*
diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 61b581421..332cfbf76 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## v0.28.1
+## v0.29.0
 
 *TBD*
 
@@ -21,4 +21,3 @@ Special thanks to external contributors on this release:
 ### IMPROVEMENTS:
 
 ### BUG FIXES:
-- [consensus] \#? Fix consensus halt from proposing blocks with too much evidence
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 658e0e89d..707dbf168 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 	// TMCoreSemVer is the current version of Tendermint Core.
 	// It's the Semantic Version of the software.
 	// Must be a string because scripts like dist.sh read this file.
-	TMCoreSemVer = "0.28.0"
+	TMCoreSemVer = "0.28.1"
 
 	// ABCISemVer is the semantic version of the ABCI library
 	ABCISemVer  = "0.15.0"