diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 60a655e..fdcdff3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LABEL org.label-schema.build-date=$BUILD_DATE \
       org.label-schema.vcs-ref=$VCS_REF \
       org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0.0-rc1"
 
-ENV HUGO_VERSION 0.27
+ENV HUGO_VERSION 0.28
 ENV HUGO_BINARY hugo_${HUGO_VERSION}_linux-64bit
 
 # Install pygments (for syntax highlighting)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4daf42f..7b25ad4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.27.1
\ No newline at end of file
+0.28.1
\ No newline at end of file