diff --git a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
index 2233f57a5f..be8346bf98 100644
--- a/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/binutils/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
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 PKG_NAME="binutils"
-PKG_VERSION="2.27"
+PKG_VERSION="2.28"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"