diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3605d2a5a4..8012985510 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tiledb
 Type: Package
-Version: 0.30.2.4
+Version: 0.30.2.5
 Title: Modern Database Engine for Complex Data Based on Multi-Dimensional Arrays
 Authors@R: c(
   person("TileDB, Inc.", role = c("aut", "cph")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 13e5ddef9f..fab5f1ba57 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * memory alloc: Accomodate zero buffer size estimate v2
 * Apply `styler::style_pkg()`
 * Expose include/linking flags for re-using `libtiledb` in downstream packages
+* Use TileDB Core 2.27.0
 
 # tiledb 0.30.2
 
diff --git a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
index f5b420d778..9f5dd84c5f 100644
--- a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
+++ b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version: 2.26.2
-sha: 30fc114
+version: 2.27.0
+sha: 2862c30