diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index 366e2f80c26e7..19677dd9667d8 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ dev-ruby/poltergeist
 # switch the compiler / the binutils) ASAP. If you need them for a specific
 # (isolated) use case, feel free to unmask them on your system.
 <sys-devel/gcc-5.4
-<sys-libs/glibc-2.27
+<sys-libs/glibc-2.28
 <sys-devel/binutils-2.31.1-r4
 <sys-devel/binutils-hppa64-2.31.1-r4
 <sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.31.1-r4