diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b5da5b..d55a339 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Release 0.28.0-dev
+# Release 0.28.0
 
 ### New features since last release
 
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
 * Removes support for Python 3.7.
   [(#123)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-cirq/pull/123)
 
-### Improvements
-
-### Documentation
-
-### Bug fixes
-
 ### Contributors
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
diff --git a/pennylane_cirq/_version.py b/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
index 3f84c49..30a648e 100644
--- a/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.28.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.28.0"