diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_container_scanning_evm_node_releases.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_container_scanning_evm_node_releases.yml
index 7e357ecd384ddbe100f0e510a9fdc2a6101a3532..b6ca821ceef26585020132814ae99b0778ffaf41 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_container_scanning_evm_node_releases.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pipelines/schedule_container_scanning_evm_node_releases.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ container_scanning:
   - gtcs scan
   variables:
     GIT_STRATEGY: fetch
-    CS_IMAGE: tezos/tezos:octez-evm-node-v0.26
+    CS_IMAGE: tezos/tezos:octez-evm-node-v0.27
     SECURE_LOG_LEVEL: debug
     CS_DOCKERFILE_PATH: build.Dockerfile
diff --git a/ci/bin/main.ml b/ci/bin/main.ml
index 9bfa13a976bff4bd21dd907502982670cc2d5795..c11c2b50eb20e94290478613ca39ab1c614f09b5 100644
--- a/ci/bin/main.ml
+++ b/ci/bin/main.ml
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ let () =
   register
     "schedule_container_scanning_evm_node_releases"
     schedule_container_scanning_evm_node_releases
-    ~jobs:(Container_scanning.jobs "tezos/tezos:octez-evm-node-v0.26")
+    ~jobs:(Container_scanning.jobs "tezos/tezos:octez-evm-node-v0.27")
     ~description:
       "Scheduled pipeline for scanning vulnerabilities in latest \
        tezos/tezos:octez-evm-node-vX.Y Docker image" ;
diff --git a/etherlink/CHANGES_NODE.md b/etherlink/CHANGES_NODE.md
index 0c8be814daa98767e408d3003641b3bd8d48c689..f5003d62be55ef2aee3b880e264dc217b014a230 100644
--- a/etherlink/CHANGES_NODE.md
+++ b/etherlink/CHANGES_NODE.md
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 
 ### RPCs changes
 
-- Fix transaction type encoding to use a compact hex encoding following the
-  [standard](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/transactions/#typed-transaction-envelope). (!18132)
-
 ### Metrics changes
 
 ### Execution changes
@@ -26,6 +23,19 @@ features. They can be modified or removed without any deprecation notices. If
 you start using them, you probably want to use `octez-evm-node check config
 --config-file PATH` to assert your configuration file is still valid.*
 
+## Version 0.27 (2025-05-26)
+
+This is a hot fix release to address an issue in the encoding of transaction
+type in JSON RPC responses.
+
+This release will not apply any migration to the node’s store (version 20),
+meaning it is possible to downgrade to the previous version.
+
+### RPCs changes
+
+- Fix transaction type encoding to use a compact hex encoding following the
+  [standard](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/transactions/#typed-transaction-envelope). (!18132)
+
 ## Version 0.26 (2025-05-20)
 
 This release of the EVM node adds support for executing natively the Dionysus
diff --git a/etherlink/scripts/docker-compose/mainnet-docker-compose/.env b/etherlink/scripts/docker-compose/mainnet-docker-compose/.env
index 91484234998a08dd4f0da2add924060c6916a2de..2e1bc4bfd33ae38bca137a71e1665ece11322c15 100644
--- a/etherlink/scripts/docker-compose/mainnet-docker-compose/.env
+++ b/etherlink/scripts/docker-compose/mainnet-docker-compose/.env
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ ARCHIVE_OCTEZ_NODE_ENDPOINT=${ARCHIVE_OCTEZ_NODE_ENDPOINT:-"https://rpc.tzkt.io/
 
 # EVM node is not published yet in release and so it must uses a more
 # recent commit (on master branch).
-EVM_OCTEZ_TAG=octez-evm-node-v0.26
+EVM_OCTEZ_TAG=octez-evm-node-v0.27
 # exposed port of the evm-node container
 EVM_OCTEZ_PORT=8545
 # Add argument you would like to uses when running the EVM node.