diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index c84411f5..2b114496 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.26.0"
+  ".": "0.27.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7c0eae8..99944120 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to Yulu are documented here.
 The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.27.0](https://github.com/Nowhitestar/Yulu/compare/v0.26.0...v0.27.0) (2026-09-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add icon visibility controls and suppress silent captions ([#228](https://github.com/Nowhitestar/Yulu/issues/228)) ([6db2a60](https://github.com/Nowhitestar/Yulu/commit/6db2a6041e0f05defc45121d2c9b1a847b6d0a3d))
+
 ## [0.26.0](https://github.com/Nowhitestar/Yulu/compare/v0.25.0...v0.26.0) (2026-09-24)
 
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 4e8f395f..1b58cc10 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.26.0
+0.27.0