diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4c968c6d..539b1ca9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ And please only add new entries to the top of this list, right below the `# Unre
 
 # Unreleased
 
+# 0.27.1 (2022-07-30)
+
 - The minimum supported Rust version was lowered to `1.57.0` and now explicitly tested.
+- On X11, fix crash on start due to inability to create an IME context without any preedit.
 
 # 0.27.0 (2022-07-26)
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 34944f32..53654422 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "winit"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.27.1"
 authors = ["The winit contributors", "Pierre Krieger <pierre.krieger1708@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Cross-platform window creation library."
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcb11584..c42910fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-winit = "0.27.0"
+winit = "0.27.1"
 ```
 
 ## [Documentation](https://docs.rs/winit)