diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 49664ffad..86cdd6231 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@
 # This file chronicles user-level changes, beginning with the most recent.
 # =============================================================================
 
+Version 2.27.0 released 2022/12/20
+
+- New SStructMatrix and SStructVector AddFEMBoxValues() routines to set finite
+  element stiffness matrices a box at a time for better performance.
+- Added environment variable HYPRE_BRANCH_NAME.
+- Added HIP support to the MGR solver.
+- Added Jacobi iterative solver approach for ILU smoothing/preconditioning.
+- Various optimizations for IJ solvers
+- Various CMake build system updates
+- Various bug fixes
+
+#====================================
+
 Version 2.26.0 released 2022/10/14
 
 - Added a new feature of BoomerAMG (L1-Jacobi and Chebyshev smoothers) and
@@ -20,6 +33,7 @@ Version 2.26.0 released 2022/10/14
 - Optimized the performance of hypre's SpGEMM kernels on NVIDIA/AMD GPUs;
 - Various bug fixes
 
+#====================================
 
 Version 2.25.0 released 2022/06/15
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 554a14e5a..6e6618b61 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 
 # The version number.
-set(HYPRE_VERSION 2.26.0)
-set(HYPRE_NUMBER  22600)
-set(HYPRE_DATE    2022/10/14)
+set(HYPRE_VERSION 2.27.0)
+set(HYPRE_NUMBER  22700)
+set(HYPRE_DATE    2022/12/20)
 set(HYPRE_TIME    00:00:00)
 set(HYPRE_BUGS    https://github.com/hypre-space/hypre/issues)
 set(HYPRE_SRCDIR  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
diff --git a/src/config/configure.in b/src/config/configure.in
index 7bd56037c..2abaa1481 100644
--- a/src/config/configure.in
+++ b/src/config/configure.in
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ dnl * Set package information so it only has to be modified in one place
 dnl *********************************************************************
 
 m4_define([M4_HYPRE_NAME],    [hypre])
-m4_define([M4_HYPRE_VERSION], [2.26.0])
-m4_define([M4_HYPRE_NUMBER],  [22600])
-m4_define([M4_HYPRE_DATE],    [2022/10/14])
+m4_define([M4_HYPRE_VERSION], [2.27.0])
+m4_define([M4_HYPRE_NUMBER],  [22700])
+m4_define([M4_HYPRE_DATE],    [2022/12/20])
 m4_define([M4_HYPRE_TIME],    [00:00:00])
 m4_define([M4_HYPRE_BUGS],    [https://github.com/hypre-space/hypre/issues])
 m4_define([M4_HYPRE_SRCDIR],  [`pwd`])
diff --git a/src/config/version.sh b/src/config/version.sh
index 119a53c9c..7106f2296 100755
--- a/src/config/version.sh
+++ b/src/config/version.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 
-hypre_version="2.26.0"
-hypre_reldate="2022/10/14"
+hypre_version="2.27.0"
+hypre_reldate="2022/12/20"
 
 hypre_major=`echo $hypre_version | cut -d. -f 1`
 hypre_minor=`echo $hypre_version | cut -d. -f 2`
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 76b6c94a6..35c8f39e2 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # From configure.in Id.
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for hypre 2.26.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for hypre 2.27.0.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -581,8 +581,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='hypre'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='hypre'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='2.26.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='hypre 2.26.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='2.27.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='hypre 2.27.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures hypre 2.26.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures hypre 2.27.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of hypre 2.26.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of hypre 2.27.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-hypre configure 2.26.0
+hypre configure 2.27.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2291,7 +2291,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by hypre $as_me 2.26.0, which was
+It was created by hypre $as_me 2.27.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2677,9 +2677,9 @@ ac_configure="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/configure"  # Please don't use this var.
 
 
 HYPRE_NAME="hypre"
-HYPRE_VERSION="2.26.0"
-HYPRE_NUMBER=22600
-HYPRE_DATE="2022/10/14"
+HYPRE_VERSION="2.27.0"
+HYPRE_NUMBER=22700
+HYPRE_DATE="2022/12/20"
 HYPRE_TIME="00:00:00"
 HYPRE_BUGS="https://github.com/hypre-space/hypre/issues"
 HYPRE_SRCDIR="`pwd`"
@@ -10670,7 +10670,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by hypre $as_me 2.26.0, which was
+This file was extended by hypre $as_me 2.27.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -10732,7 +10732,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-hypre config.status 2.26.0
+hypre config.status 2.27.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/src/docs/ref-manual/conf.doxygen b/src/docs/ref-manual/conf.doxygen
index 155e1b461..3105a216f 100644
--- a/src/docs/ref-manual/conf.doxygen
+++ b/src/docs/ref-manual/conf.doxygen
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = hypre
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER = 2.26.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER = 2.27.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/src/docs/usr-manual/conf.py b/src/docs/usr-manual/conf.py
index 285b17cbb..7984b023c 100644
--- a/src/docs/usr-manual/conf.py
+++ b/src/docs/usr-manual/conf.py
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ copyright = u'1998 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other HYPRE Pro
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '2.26.0'
+version = '2.27.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.26.0'
+release = '2.27.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ release = '2.26.0'
 
 # There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
 # non-false value, then it is used:
-today = 'October 14, 2022'
+today = 'December 20, 2022'
 # Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
 #today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'