diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index afeeecbc95ee5dde93faad19edf4977c6be6ab0d..98f05a2db719067b04cb7b36457b24c84b4ddddf 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS
 # branch name, so as to avoid conflicts with the master branch. Make sure
 # to reset this to the next number up with "master" before merging into
 # master.
-KERNEL_VERSION = ("remove-nosync", 27)
+KERNEL_VERSION = ("master", 28)