diff --git a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/Cargo.toml
index 49a302323d..43facb2ef4 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-appender-tracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "opentelemetry-appender-tracing"
-version = "0.27.0"
+version = "0.28.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "An OpenTelemetry log appender for the tracing crate"
 homepage = "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/tree/main/opentelemetry-appender-tracing"