diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ff02d38523d2916d4276bf28c9c24d0d69c33e38..c79a35bafff1612c8389a5b344ea51504664674f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Major changes in 3.28.1:
+* Fix rename popover animation (Ernestas Kulik)
+* Allow deleting the desktop folder (Antonio Fernandes)
+* Fix gsettings in Flatpak instal (Carlos Soriano)
+
 Major changes in 3.28.0.1:
 * Don't show other apps starred files. (Antonio Fernandes)
 Note for users: Starred files up to this point will be needed to be restarred.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 510e2a2cc61a857299a7b2a4ce323f1cb967e743..4b64239ac411737e9aa4751d792e6721ecbc6596 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('nautilus', 'c',
-  version: '3.28.0.1',
+  version: '3.28.1',
   meson_version: '>= 0.41.0',
   license: 'GPL3+'
 )