diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8a163cc770..0ce133c558 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-01-02  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* scripts/build-many-glibcs.py (Context.checkout): Default
+	binutils version to 2.28 branch.
+
 2017-01-01  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
 
 	* support/support_format_netent.c (support_format_netent): Work
diff --git a/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py b/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py
index 030bd2d49f..9ca9236d60 100755
--- a/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py
+++ b/scripts/build-many-glibcs.py
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ class Context(object):
 
     def checkout(self, versions):
         """Check out the desired component versions."""
-        default_versions = {'binutils': 'vcs-2.27',
+        default_versions = {'binutils': 'vcs-2.28',
                             'gcc': 'vcs-6',
                             'glibc': 'vcs-mainline',
                             'gmp': '6.1.1',