diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dda15f11f7..dca49701f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [0.27.0-rc.1] - 2024-01-14
+
+**manage remotes**
+
+![add-remote](assets/add-remote.png)
+
 ### Breaking Changes
 * use default shell instead of bash on Unix-like OS [[@yerke](https://github.com/yerke)] ([#2343](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/2343))
 
@@ -15,9 +21,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Set `CREATE_NO_WINDOW` flag when executing Git hooks on Windows ([#2371](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/2371))
 
 ### Added
+* add popups for viewing, adding, updating and removing remotes [[@robin-thoene](https://github.com/robin-thoene)] ([#2172](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2172))
 * support for "Copy Path" action in WSL [[@johnDeSilencio](https://github.com/johnDeSilencio)] ([#2413](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/2413))
 * help popup scrollbar [[@wugeer](https://github.com/wugeer)](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/pull/2388))
-* add popups for viewing, adding, updating and removing remotes [[@robin-thoene](https://github.com/robin-thoene)] ([#2172](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/2172))
 
 ## [0.26.3] - 2024-06-02
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dce52189aa..01a818eadb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ checksum = "7c02d123df017efcdfbd739ef81735b36c5ba83ec3c59c80a9d7ecc718f92e50"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "asyncgit"
-version = "0.26.3"
+version = "0.27.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.7.0",
  "crossbeam-channel",
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.26.3"
+version = "0.27.0-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "asyncgit",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 06a58e86ab..fa483ea0c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitui"
-version = "0.26.3"
+version = "0.27.0-rc.1"
 authors = ["extrawurst <mail@rusticorn.com>"]
 description = "blazing fast terminal-ui for git"
 edition = "2021"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
-asyncgit = { path = "./asyncgit", version = "0.26", default-features = false }
+asyncgit = { path = "./asyncgit", version = "0.27.0", default-features = false }
 backtrace = "0.3"
 bitflags = "2.7"
 bugreport = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/assets/add-remote.png b/assets/add-remote.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c93dbb8aca
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diff --git a/asyncgit/Cargo.toml b/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
index de492940de..040f78943f 100644
--- a/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/asyncgit/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "asyncgit"
-version = "0.26.3"
+version = "0.27.0"
 authors = ["extrawurst <mail@rusticorn.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "allow using git2 in a asynchronous context"