diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7653808..b3f8d13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -119,3 +119,4 @@
 /lorax-28.1.tar.gz
 /lorax-28.2.tar.gz
 /lorax-28.3.tar.gz
+/lorax-28.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/lorax.spec b/lorax.spec
index c4e2b3b..9086127 100644
--- a/lorax.spec
+++ b/lorax.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 %define debug_package %{nil}
 
 Name:           lorax
-Version:        28.3
+Version:        28.4
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool for creating the anaconda install images
 
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT mandir=%{_mandir} install
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 17 2018 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 28.4-1
+- Write the --variant string to .buildstamp as 'Variant=' (bcl@redhat.com)
+- Run the pylorax tests with 'make test' (bcl@redhat.com)
+- Fix installpkg exclude operation (bcl@redhat.com)
+
 * Wed Jan 03 2018 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 28.3-1
 - Add --old-chroot to the mock example cmdlines (bcl@redhat.com)
 - Don't try and install kernel-PAE on i686 any more (awilliam@redhat.com)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4ef4274..1493d09 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (lorax-28.3.tar.gz) = 9bf49105ff4fe9d4290012057bdf501d8e128c0faae626537262b51782d9d4465bce689b34fda03213cf6b23421eafcff7dfc46b2cb5c73d74428ff2eb8177ea
+SHA512 (lorax-28.4.tar.gz) = 5e4de5db62169883551558f053f44009181f1bdfe3315b7d570d2da18a8057fe78b8c540c51ab1d7744287f3d3738c299929b81da6feaef7b91f773063775760