diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8b96e6a5d04cd3d2f720e061fd80f1171417eafe..987aba4e0290bc0e07d26c504e3ad78c42bb6b63 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 Changelog
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
+0.1.28 [2013-10-30]
+===================
+* seed ROS_MAVEN_REPOSITORY when necessary.
+
 0.1.27 [2013-10-30]
 ===================
 * use ROS_MAVEN_REPOSITORY to configure the external repository.
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index 6e8037cbe0882a8f83ba98510cd781a1b02a04c6..867fa472008d5d4a6bc56d333869a15e1685176f 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <package>
   <name>rosjava_build_tools</name>
-  <version>0.1.27</version>
+  <version>0.1.28</version>
   <description>
     Simple tools and catkin modules for rosjava development. 
   </description>