diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8941c9c77..9a14a3c7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ config.log
 .depend
 *~
 *.cxx
+demo/*.dv
+demo/*.mpeg
+demo/*.ogg
+demo/photos
 docs/html/*
 releases/*
 patches/*
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3df7fe83e..9fc1894fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 project(MLT
-  VERSION 7.27.0
+  VERSION 7.28.0
   DESCRIPTION "Multimedia Framework"
   HOMEPAGE_URL "https://www.mltframework.org"
   LANGUAGES C CXX
diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index e50cfbcc3..d97915d83 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME = MLT
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or 
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 7.26.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 7.28.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute) 
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put. 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cb08dc2e7..311948d39 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 MLT Release Notes
 -----------------
 
+Version 7.28.0
+
+This fixes a couple of major regressions in the previous version 7.26.0:
+  * Fixed seeking and frozen video due by reverting "Improved performance with
+    intra-only video and reducing the frame rate."
+  * Fixed using `melt` to render MLT XML with OpenGL effects from `movit`.
+
+Other fixes and changes:
+  * Deprecated the `composite` transition and the `sdl` and `ndi` modules.
+  * Fixed Android camera video has the wrong frame rate (broken in v7.26.0).
+  * Fixed audio not playing for audio-only DTS WMA.
+  * Fixed using "https:" URLs in the `xml` producer.
+  * Fixed crash on exit when running `melt -query` or `melt -query links`.
+  * Added a `transition` property to the `watermark` filter. Now, it defaults
+    to using `affine`.
+  * Changed `affine` transition argument to set `rect` property if supplied.
+
+
 Version 7.26.0
 
 Framework
diff --git a/docs/melt.1 b/docs/melt.1
index e709b114b..9631f54a1 100644
--- a/docs/melt.1
+++ b/docs/melt.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.38.4.
-.TH MELT "1" "August 2024" "melt 7.26.0" "User Commands"
+.TH MELT "1" "September 2024" "melt 7.28.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 melt \- author, play, and encode multitrack audio/video compositions
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/src/framework/mlt_version.h b/src/framework/mlt_version.h
index 9ba1eb230..88c826be3 100644
--- a/src/framework/mlt_version.h
+++ b/src/framework/mlt_version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define MLT_STRINGIZE(s) MLT_STRINGIZE2(s)
 
 #define LIBMLT_VERSION_MAJOR 7
-#define LIBMLT_VERSION_MINOR 27
+#define LIBMLT_VERSION_MINOR 28
 #define LIBMLT_VERSION_REVISION 0
 #define LIBMLT_VERSION_INT \
     ((LIBMLT_VERSION_MAJOR << 16) + (LIBMLT_VERSION_MINOR << 8) + LIBMLT_VERSION_REVISION)
diff --git a/src/modules/qt/transition_qtblend.yml b/src/modules/qt/transition_qtblend.yml
index 8c6040a3c..b1299f314 100644
--- a/src/modules/qt/transition_qtblend.yml
+++ b/src/modules/qt/transition_qtblend.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-schema_version: 7
+schema_version: 7.0
 type: transition
 identifier: qtblend
 title: Composite and transform