diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c3690c..17d74e3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.27.2-pr579 / 2024-09-16
+## 0.27.2 / 2024-10-07
 
 * [BUGFIX] Fix panic on certain invalid lines ([#579](https://github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/pull/579))
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.27.2-pr579
+0.27.2