diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index ff462a952..c8b9c1b58 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=vala
-PKG_VERSION:=0.27.1
+PKG_VERSION:=0.28.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.27/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=27302efb557d4a6bf634eb6444d90be8
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/vala/0.28/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=8d4ceac3451a0d5497e7be38e5e4c2ad
 
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=glib2 glib2/host vala/host
 HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=glib2/host