diff --git a/PyPDF4/_version.py b/PyPDF4/_version.py
index 5fc7041e2..e2ba8ba3b 100644
--- a/PyPDF4/_version.py
+++ b/PyPDF4/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.26.0'
+__version__ = '1.27.0'