diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ede600d1d..386fa4e40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 ## Breaking changes
 
 -->
+# Relase 5.28
+
+## Release notes
+
+* Changed: the wire-builds reference with 5.28 backend
+
 # Relase 5.27
 
 ## Release notes
diff --git a/ansible/inventory/demo/host.yml b/ansible/inventory/demo/host.yml
index 13b2584c1..de7e2ba0b 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/demo/host.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/demo/host.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ wiab:
     wire_ip: ""
 
     # artifact_hash
-    artifact_hash: "7d84397730936f9c07b34f98290d688d651ef434"
+    artifact_hash: "ed21282f3cec780424ffa66323163839ff3516f0"
   
     # docker vars
     docker_ce_version: "5:28.1.1-1~ubuntu.24.04~noble"
diff --git a/ansible/inventory/demo/wiab-staging.yml b/ansible/inventory/demo/wiab-staging.yml
index a620a33f3..fada7488e 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/demo/wiab-staging.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/demo/wiab-staging.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ wiab-staging:
       ansible_user: 'demo'
       ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "~/.ssh/id_ed25519"
   vars:
-    artifact_hash: 7d84397730936f9c07b34f98290d688d651ef434
+    artifact_hash: ed21282f3cec780424ffa66323163839ff3516f0
     # when enabled, disable WAN SNAT/masquerading for VMs on the private network
     private_deployment: true
diff --git a/offline/tasks/proc_pull_charts.sh b/offline/tasks/proc_pull_charts.sh
index ee3c69bf2..d3ff8a434 100755
--- a/offline/tasks/proc_pull_charts.sh
+++ b/offline/tasks/proc_pull_charts.sh
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@ pull_charts() {
 
 }
 
-wire_build="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wireapp/wire-builds/20fc45b2199c71c22b94371b0c5a1697b1b952c6/build.json"
+wire_build="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wireapp/wire-builds/69988e51523016399b23a74d2cffe063545e3f58/build.json"
 wire_build_chart_release "$wire_build" | pull_charts