diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-## 0.27.0 / 2024-08-18
+## 0.27.1 / 2024-08-18
 
 * [FEATURE] Support [dogstatsd extended aggregation](https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/blob/master/README.md#extended-aggregation) ([#558](https://github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/pull/558))
 * [SECURITY] Update dependencies
 
+Thank you [@GrgDev](https://github.com/GrgDev) for the contribution!
+
 ## 0.26.1 / 2024-03-22
 
 * [SECURITY] Update dependencies, including `google.golang.org/protobuf` for CVE-2024-24786
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.27.0
+0.27.1