diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
index da646bf0dc..c98798c8d4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm
@@ -4648,7 +4648,7 @@ indentation (space indentation only).
 (define-public emacs-elpy
   (package
     (name "emacs-elpy")
-    (version "1.27.0")
+    (version "1.28.0")
     (source (origin
               (method git-fetch)
               (uri (git-reference
@@ -4657,7 +4657,7 @@ indentation (space indentation only).
               (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1b76y0kzk7s9ya8k9bpsgn31i9l0rxs4iz6lg7snhjgh03k0ssgv"))))
+                "073bwxwjzcbmvpcz9q2xjwzx9x7hkvjni6fwvikh6yawzjp56jis"))))
     (build-system emacs-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:include (cons* "^elpy/[^/]+\\.py$" "^snippets\\/" %default-include)