diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 35db26e53..31609a761 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.26.3
+current_version = 0.27.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)
 	\.(?P<minor>\d+)
 	\.(?P<patch>\d+)
 	(?P<release>[a]*)(?P<num>\d*)
-serialize =
+serialize = 
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}{release}{num}
 	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
 tag_name = {new_version}
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ tag_name = {new_version}
 name = cobra
 url = https://opencobra.github.io/cobrapy
 download_url = https://pypi.org/project/cobra
-project_urls =
+project_urls = 
 	Source Code = https://github.com/opencobra/cobrapy
 	Documentation = https://cobrapy.readthedocs.io
 	Bug Tracker = https://github.com/opencobra/cobrapy/issues
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ author = The cobrapy core development team.
 author_email = cobra-pie@googlegroups.com
 maintainer = Moritz E. Beber
 maintainer_email = moritz.beber@gmail.com
-classifiers =
+classifiers = 
 	Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
 	Intended Audience :: Science/Research
 	License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ license = LGPL-2.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later
 description = COBRApy is a package for constraint-based modeling of metabolic networks.
 long_description = file: README.rst, INSTALL.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
-keywords =
+keywords = 
 	metabolism
 	biology
 	constraint-based
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ keywords =
 
 [options]
 zip_safe = True
-install_requires =
+install_requires = 
 	appdirs ~=1.4
 	depinfo ~=1.7
 	diskcache ~=5.0
@@ -67,24 +67,24 @@ install_requires =
 	rich >=8.0
 	ruamel.yaml ~=0.16
 	swiglpk
-tests_require =
+tests_require = 
 	tox
 packages = find:
-package_dir =
+package_dir = 
 	= src
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
 
 [options.package_data]
-cobra =
+cobra = 
 	data/*
 	io/*.json
 
 [options.extras_require]
-array =
+array = 
 	scipy
-development =
+development = 
 	black
 	bumpversion
 	isort
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ universal = 1
 [bumpversion:part:release]
 optional_value = placeholder
 first_value = placeholder
-values =
+values = 
 	placeholder
 	a
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1ef9d07cc..5167fec75 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 
 # All other arguments are defined in `setup.cfg`.
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    setup(version="0.26.3")
+    setup(version="0.27.0")
diff --git a/src/cobra/__init__.py b/src/cobra/__init__.py
index a68d0a675..6718285b8 100644
--- a/src/cobra/__init__.py
+++ b/src/cobra/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 __author__ = "The cobrapy core development team."
-__version__ = "0.26.3"
+__version__ = "0.27.0"
 
 
 from cobra.core import (