diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b04e4d..1e772fd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 News (mainly features/major bug fixes)
 
+portage-3.0.27
+--------------
+* improve blocker output to make it clear which blockers
+  are not satisfied.
+* use distinct colors for einfo/elog and ewarn/eqawarn.
+
 portage-3.0.26
 --------------
 * fix broken FILESDIR copying logic.
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 6c5e58b..937361d 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-3.0.27
+==================================
+    - Bug 815871: fix creating FILESDIR when FEATURES=keepwork is used
+
 portage-3.0.25 (yanked)
 ==================================
     - Bug 703520: output a QA notice when eend is called without
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fefdc12..1157e58 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="portage",
-    version="3.0.26",
+    version="3.0.27",
     url="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage",
     project_urls={
         "Release Notes": "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git/plain/RELEASE-NOTES",