diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eba5d6f..a284b39 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PKGNAME := $(shell sed -n "s/Package: *\([^ ]*\)/\1/p" DESCRIPTION)
 PKGVERS := $(shell sed -n "s/Version: *\([^ ]*\)/\1/p" DESCRIPTION)
 PKGSRC  := $(shell basename `pwd`)
-BIOCVER := RELEASE_3_18
+BIOCVER := RELEASE_3_19
 
 all: rd check clean
 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 3e471ff..4b0623c 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# treeio 1.28.0
+
++ Bioconductor RELEASE_3_19 (2024-05-15, Wed)
+
 <!--
 
 # TODO LIST