diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 380bbc46..03a4b2db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pytest tests --cov=pennylane_cirq --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml -p no:warnings --tb=native
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           file: ./coverage.xml
 
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ jobs:
           pl-device-test --device=cirq.mixedsimulator --tb=short --skip-ops --analytic=False --shots=20000 --cov=pennylane_cirq --cov-report=xml
 
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           file: ./coverage.xml
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85479c25..b2a55ce2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Release 0.25.0-dev
+# Release 0.27.0
 
 ### New features since last release
 
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@
   the simulator not to ignore idle qubits. 
   [(#111)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-cirq/pull/111) 
 
-### Documentation
-
-### Bug fixes
-
 ### Contributors
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
diff --git a/pennylane_cirq/_version.py b/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
index cecdc008..2a7dd54d 100644
--- a/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_cirq/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.25.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.27.0"