diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 544585e1ce..432998869e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+3.27.0
+======
+May 1, 2023
+
+Features
+--------
+* Add support for client-side encryption (PYTHON-1341)
+
 3.26.0
 ======
 March 13, 2023
diff --git a/cassandra/__init__.py b/cassandra/__init__.py
index e14f20c6ed..1573abdf00 100644
--- a/cassandra/__init__.py
+++ b/cassandra/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def emit(self, record):
 
 logging.getLogger('cassandra').addHandler(NullHandler())
 
-__version_info__ = (3, 26, 0)
+__version_info__ = (3, 27, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, __version_info__))