diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index bf961a2..8461f8e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Jul 25, 2013 - v0.2.7  Warns but no longer errors out when neither library is
+    found (issue89).
+
 Jul 24, 2013 - v0.2.6  No longer warning when configuration file not found.
     Added read support for jpch, jplh boxes.  Added testing of files in
     format-corpus repository.
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 26157b1..b501034 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ copyright = u'2013, John Evans'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '0.2'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.2.6'
+release = '0.2.7'
 
 # 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 098a726..c56c683 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import sys
 
 kwargs = {'name': 'Glymur',
-          'version': '0.2.6',
+          'version': '0.2.7rc1',
           'description': 'Tools for accessing JPEG2000 files',
           'long_description': open('README.md').read(),
           'author': 'John Evans',