diff --git a/npm/install.js b/npm/install.js
index 135098c97e2..b4e1dd88672 100755
--- a/npm/install.js
+++ b/npm/install.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 // maintainer note - update this manually when doing new releases:
-var version = '0.26.1'
+var version = '0.27.0'
 
 var fs = require('fs')
 var os = require('os')