diff --git a/nowchess/eu-central-1-staging/kustomization.yaml b/nowchess/eu-central-1-staging/kustomization.yaml
index 2c982b1..f4c6a6c 100644
--- a/nowchess/eu-central-1-staging/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/nowchess/eu-central-1-staging/kustomization.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ images:
 - name: ghcr.io/now-chess/now-chess-systems/coordinator
   newTag: 0.9.0
 - name: ghcr.io/now-chess/now-chess-systems/core
-  newTag: 0.27.0
+  newTag: 0.28.0
 - name: ghcr.io/now-chess/now-chess-systems/io
   newTag: 0.19.0
 - name: ghcr.io/now-chess/now-chess-systems/official-bots