diff --git a/CHANGELOG-2.8.md b/CHANGELOG-2.8.md
index 5fdc52f111daa..abb1235519a77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-2.8.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-2.8.md
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ in 2.8 minor versions.
 To get the diff for a specific change, go to https://github.com/symfony/symfony/commit/XXX where XXX is the change hash
 To get the diff between two versions, go to https://github.com/symfony/symfony/compare/v2.8.0...v2.8.1
 
+* 2.8.27 (2017-08-28)
+
+ * bug #23989 [Debug] Remove false-positive check in DebugClassLoader (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #23982 [VarDumper] Strengthen dumped JS (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #23925 [Validator] Fix use of GroupSequenceProvider in child classes (linniksa)
+ * bug #23945 [Validator] Fix Greek translation (azhurb)
+ * bug #23909 [Console] Initialize lazily to render exceptions properly (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #23856 [DI] Fix dumping abstract with YamlDumper (nicolas-grekas)
+ * bug #23752 Ignore memcached missing key error on session destroy (jderusse)
+ * bug #23658 [HttpFoundation] Generate safe fallback filename for wrongly encoded filename (xelaris)
+ * bug #23783 Avoid infinite loops when profiler data is malformed (javiereguiluz)
+ * bug #23729 [Bridge\ProxyManager] Dont call __destruct() on non-instantiated services (nicolas-grekas)
+
 * 2.8.26 (2017-08-01)
 
  * bug #22244 [Console] Fix passing options with defaultCommand (Jakub Sacha)
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
index ff1dc40d15fb8..89aaa72cf9a35 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Kernel.php
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ abstract class Kernel implements KernelInterface, TerminableInterface
     protected $startTime;
     protected $loadClassCache;
 
-    const VERSION = '2.8.27-DEV';
+    const VERSION = '2.8.27';
     const VERSION_ID = 20827;
     const MAJOR_VERSION = 2;
     const MINOR_VERSION = 8;
     const RELEASE_VERSION = 27;
-    const EXTRA_VERSION = 'DEV';
+    const EXTRA_VERSION = '';
 
     const END_OF_MAINTENANCE = '11/2018';
     const END_OF_LIFE = '11/2019';