diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 757e60b..8bfaa5b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.26
+1.6.27
diff --git a/c/doc/Doxyfile b/c/doc/Doxyfile
index fcb3e10..2a956ab 100644
--- a/c/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/c/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "NumKey"
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 1.6.26
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 1.6.27
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 32fe17e..d555464 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 setup(
     name="numkey",
-    version="1.6.26.1",
+    version="1.6.27.1",
     keywords=("numkey E.164 shortcode lvn did encoding"),
     description="NumKey Bindings for Python",
     long_description=read("../README.md"),