diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d3891e77f..e53d7493b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### mate-panel 1.28.4
+
+ * Attempt to fix 2nd Travis deployment issue
+
 ### mate-panel 1.28.3
 
  * Fix travis deploy again
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 997a69a7f..acb6c8164 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([mate-panel], [1.28.3], [https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues],
+AC_INIT([mate-panel], [1.28.4], [https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-panel/issues],
     [mate-panel], [https://mate-desktop.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.9 no-dist-gzip dist-xz tar-ustar -Wno-portability check-news])