diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f1d6392..02e4d79 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### mate-wayland-session 1.28.3
+
+    *re-release due to failure to include release commit in 1.28.2 tag
+
 ### mate-wayland-session 1.28.2
 
     *ci: get Travis to finish builds and make distcheck
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2b79d64..224d0b2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.53)
 
 AC_INIT([mate-wayland-session],
-        [1.28.2],
+        [1.28.3],
         [https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-wayland-session/issues],
         [mate-wayland-session],
         [https://mate-desktop.org])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index abcf447..69895e5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('mate-wayland-session',
-  version: '1.28.2',
+  version: '1.28.3',
   meson_version: '>=0.56.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+',
 )