diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmAbi.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmAbi.java
index ef0cb96d2c8..fd15d75d6c1 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmAbi.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JvmAbi.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public final class JvmAbi {
      * - Patch version can be increased freely and is only supposed to be used for debugging. Increase the patch version when you
      *   make a change to the metadata format or the bytecode which is both forward- and backward compatible.
      */
-    public static final BinaryVersion VERSION = BinaryVersion.create(0, 26, 0);
+    public static final BinaryVersion VERSION = BinaryVersion.create(0, 27, 0);
 
     public static final String TRAIT_IMPL_CLASS_NAME = "$TImpl";
     public static final String TRAIT_IMPL_SUFFIX = "$" + TRAIT_IMPL_CLASS_NAME;