diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a9d05c6f..14041335 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.27.1 - 2016-mm-dd
+-------------------
+
+
 1.27.0 - 2016-04-05
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d576c6a..b6834464 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "keywords": [
         "cartodb"
     ],
-    "version": "1.27.0",
+    "version": "1.27.1",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
         "url": "git://github.com/CartoDB/CartoDB-SQL-API.git"