diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f503f731..b128262c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-tlslite-ng version 0.8.0-alpha26 (2019-01-18)
+tlslite-ng version 0.8.0-alpha27 (2019-09-16)
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tomato42/tlslite-ng.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/tomato42/tlslite-ng)
 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/tomato42/tlslite-ng/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/tomato42/tlslite-ng?branch=master)
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ may not work with all asyncore.dispatcher subclasses.
 * support for record_size_limit extension from RFC 8449
 * make the number of session tickets sent to client configurable (TLS 1.3
   specific)
+* reimplement HMAC in pure python to work-around platforms that disable MD5
+  HMAC in python (this goes against FIPS requirements)
+* fix few minor bugs in handling heartbeat messages
 
 0.7.0 - 2017-07-31
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index ef4e9cac..5804481b 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = u'0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'0.8.0-alpha26'
+release = u'0.8.0-alpha27'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ca8202a6..a585b5b3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     README = f.read()
 
 setup(name="tlslite-ng",
-      version="0.8.0-alpha26",
+      version="0.8.0-alpha27",
       author="Hubert Kario",
       author_email="hkario@redhat.com",
       url="https://github.com/tomato42/tlslite-ng",
diff --git a/tlslite/__init__.py b/tlslite/__init__.py
index 9917cc91..960e767c 100644
--- a/tlslite/__init__.py
+++ b/tlslite/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 Then use the L{tlslite.TLSConnection.TLSConnection} class with a socket.
 (Or, use one of the integration classes in L{tlslite.integration}).
 
-@version: 0.8.0-alpha26
+@version: 0.8.0-alpha27
 """
 
 from tlslite.api import *
diff --git a/tlslite/api.py b/tlslite/api.py
index 0c088da6..49ccdd84 100644
--- a/tlslite/api.py
+++ b/tlslite/api.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Author: Trevor Perrin
 # See the LICENSE file for legal information regarding use of this file.
 
-__version__ = "0.8.0-alpha26"
+__version__ = "0.8.0-alpha27"
 from .constants import AlertLevel, AlertDescription, Fault
 from .errors import *
 from .checker import Checker