diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f4d7d7734..7619e491b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.03.28(2)-git (2024-10-02)
+2.03.28(2) (2024-11-04)
diff --git a/VERSION_DM b/VERSION_DM
index 77b97e57b..16d64d69d 100644
--- a/VERSION_DM
+++ b/VERSION_DM
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.02.202-git (2024-10-02)
+1.02.202 (2024-11-04)
diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 794970ab0..85ffe0d0c 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Version 2.03.28 - 
-==================
+Version 2.03.28 - 04th November 2024
+====================================
   Use radix_tree to lookup for UUID within committed metadata.
   Use radix_tree to lookup LV list entry within VG struct.
   Introduce setting config/validate_metadata = full | none.
diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index acc379f3f..f8ca946d6 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Version 1.02.202 - 
-===================
+Version 1.02.202 - 04th November 2024
+=====================================
   Introduce dm_config_parse_only_section to stop parsing after section.
   For shorter string use on stack buffers when generating sections.
   Enhance dm_config tokenizer.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes/2.03.28.mdwn b/doc/release-notes/2.03.28.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcd40c3d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/release-notes/2.03.28.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<!-- Page title -->
+[[!meta title="Version 2.03.28 - Bug Fix Release"]]
+
+Version 2.03.28
+===============
+
+Few bugfixes and a lot of speed improvements mainly for many LVs.
+
+* Introduce setting config/validate_metadata = full | none.
+* Restore fs resize call for lvresize -r on the same size LV (2.03.17).
+* Correct off-by-one devicesfile backup counting.
+* Fall back to direct zeroing if BLKZEROOUT fails during new LV initialization.
+
+<!-- remove the pending tag on release, remove draft tag once editing is complete -->
+[[!tag]]
+<!--
+For old releases add Release Timestamp like this, date from git show $COMMIT is fine.
+\[[!meta date="Tue Nov 21 14:26:07 2023 +0100"]]
+-->
+