diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 862723e00a..280c075413 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tiledb
 Type: Package
-Version: 0.31.1
+Version: 0.31.1.1
 Title: Modern Database Engine for Complex Data Based on Multi-Dimensional Arrays
 Authors@R: c(
   person("TileDB, Inc.", role = c("aut", "cph")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 145e0a98c4..b7a8f0133f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Print values for `tiledb_schema_get_types()` and `tiledb_schema_get_names()` [#805](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-R/issues/805)
 * Add `tiledb_array_is_open_for_reading()/writing()` [#806](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-R/issues/806)
 * Fix static-linking checks for R >= 4.5
+* Depend on TileDB Embedded 2.28.0-rc0 [#818](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-R/issues/818)
 
 # tiledb 0.31.0
 
diff --git a/src/Makevars.win b/src/Makevars.win
index e71cab60d3..3004b834c0 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.win
+++ b/src/Makevars.win
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_LIBS = \
 	-laws-c-compression -laws-c-cal \
 	-lNCrypt \
 	-laws-c-sdkutils -laws-checksums -laws-c-common \
-	-lBCrypt -lKernel32 -lRpcrt4 -lWininet -lWinhttp -lWs2_32 -lShlwapi -lUserenv -lversion -lws2_32 \
+	-lBCrypt -lKernel32 -lRpcrt4 -lWininet -lWinhttp -lWs2_32 -lShlwapi -lUserenv -lversion -lOle32 -luuid \
 	-lsharpyuv
 
 LIB_CON = ../inst/lib$(R_ARCH)/libconnection.dll
diff --git a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
index 9f5dd84c5f..510f03e60d 100644
--- a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
+++ b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version: 2.27.0
-sha: 2862c30
+version: 2.28.0-rc0
+sha: 4764907