diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a0c273a..990dae3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 
+## v3.28.0 (2026-07-10)
+
+### Features
+
+- **ring_progress_bar**: Add set_progress_state for one-call ring + label updates
+  ([`5b1dd82`](https://github.com/bec-project/bec_widgets/commit/5b1dd82c1bb5d3c8eaf976adbb0a7e73c889b4db))
+
+
 ## v3.27.0 (2026-07-10)
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6ec55207..695ccb75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "bec_widgets"
-version = "3.27.0"
+version = "3.28.0"
 description = "BEC Widgets"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 classifiers = [