diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b37a654..0a8eb6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -379,3 +379,4 @@ network-manager-applet-0.8.1.tar.bz2
 /NetworkManager-1.26.2.tar.xz
 /NetworkManager-1.27.90.tar.xz
 /NetworkManager-1.27.91.tar.xz
+/NetworkManager-1.28.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/NetworkManager.spec b/NetworkManager.spec
index 15636e2..3563bfe 100644
--- a/NetworkManager.spec
+++ b/NetworkManager.spec
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 
 %global epoch_version 1
 %global rpm_version 1.28.0
-%global real_version 1.27.91
-%global release_version 0.2
+%global real_version 1.28.0
+%global release_version 1
 %global snapshot %{nil}
 %global git_sha %{nil}
 
@@ -779,8 +779,7 @@ intltoolize --automake --copy --force
 	--with-resolvconf=no \
 	--with-netconfig=no \
 	--with-config-dns-rc-manager-default=%{dns_rc_manager_default} \
-	--with-config-logging-backend-default=%{logging_backend_default} \
-	--enable-json-validation
+	--with-config-logging-backend-default=%{logging_backend_default}
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -1103,6 +1102,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Dec  6 2020 Thomas Haller <thaller@redhat.com> - 1:1.28.0-1
+- update to 1.28.0
+
 * Tue Oct 20 2020 Beniamino Galvani <bgalvani@redhat.com> - 1:1.28.0-0.2
 - update to 1.28-rc2 (1.27.91)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e391cef..10a8e28 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (NetworkManager-1.27.91.tar.xz) = 26c8c3e2eb7fd215ddffe7127947a9c5135dba792489cfb2a45bc77be82dfd23b994c0470737a7b42f4dd2b9aba9205eff8797f9e7b3ff0b5e0b952bca6e0a89
+SHA512 (NetworkManager-1.28.0.tar.xz) = ab0bc39626dc55df4e122ad6e1a8086e1467f44bdd41c4491c752dca3ffb549796e0ac888041f12f661f2f6cf4142d0fce59b5135549e48a0076fafcdc45ca06