diff --git a/.github/workflows/valgrind.yaml b/.github/workflows/valgrind.yaml
index 1990e8fc9a..5a9d0a9d52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/valgrind.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/valgrind.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        tag: [ release-2.25, release-2.26, release-2.27, main ]
+        tag: [ release-2.26, release-2.27, release-2.28, main ]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 280c075413..acad70a59f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tiledb
 Type: Package
-Version: 0.31.1.1
+Version: 0.31.1.2
 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 b7a8f0133f..d0eb8b4e55 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 * 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)
+* Depend on TileDB Embedded 2.28.0 [#820](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB-R/issues/820)
 
 # tiledb 0.31.0
 
diff --git a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
index 510f03e60d..53587136e8 100644
--- a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
+++ b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version: 2.28.0-rc0
+version: 2.28.0
 sha: 4764907