diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index a82783f4d8551a49c6ff525ee8713b74a926a02c..a928ea536b7c4cdefeb4512a189d7935cabe4576 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.27.0",
+  "version": "3.28.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 2f226b822559adaded50b3dbdadb220398f56ba0..471ebb6039de0244a7c7ff6971a9726219876a2b 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.27.0");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.28.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index 0e0ae6122d5b4ba66f68f25469f0dd11ba50d1b2..afd586b6f7155324294031075d726f77e3f849d9 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.27.0",
+  "version": "3.28.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 41363f07574c5588d0ef39ef3b8bccf540c4b0e6..a91d5a9bfe24874aedca761294897030009e836c 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don´t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.27.0")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.28.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();