diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 461edf15e..339bedd7c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM maven:3.6-jdk-11
-ENV MAXWELL_VERSION=1.26.4 KAFKA_VERSION=1.0.0
+ENV MAXWELL_VERSION=1.27.0 KAFKA_VERSION=1.0.0
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y upgrade \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 83e300963..8678305e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ search indexing and inter-service communication.  Maxwell gives you some of the
 benefits of event sourcing without having to re-architect your entire platform.
 
 <b>Download:</b><br>
-[https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.26.4/maxwell-1.26.4.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.26.4/maxwell-1.26.4.tar.gz)
+[https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.27.0/maxwell-1.27.0.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.27.0/maxwell-1.27.0.tar.gz)
 <br/>
 <b>Source:</b><br>
 [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell)
diff --git a/docs/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/docs/quickstart.md
index 1c93d0482..9432c3a5a 100644
--- a/docs/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Download
 ***
-- Download binary distro: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.26.4/maxwell-1.26.4.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.26.4/maxwell-1.26.4.tar.gz)
+- Download binary distro: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.27.0/maxwell-1.27.0.tar.gz](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.27.0/maxwell-1.27.0.tar.gz)
 - Sources and bug tracking is available on github: [https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell](https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell)
 - Obligatory copy/paste to terminal:
 
 ```
-curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.26.4/maxwell-1.26.4.tar.gz \
+curl -sLo - https://github.com/zendesk/maxwell/releases/download/v1.27.0/maxwell-1.27.0.tar.gz \
        | tar zxvf -
-cd maxwell-1.26.4
+cd maxwell-1.27.0
 ```
 
 or get the docker image:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8baaa1644..c9b9539fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.zendesk</groupId>
   <artifactId>maxwell</artifactId>
-  <version>1.26.4</version>
+  <version>1.27.0</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>maxwell</name>