diff --git a/basicswap/bin/prepare.py b/basicswap/bin/prepare.py
index 0c79ed7..0597e63 100755
--- a/basicswap/bin/prepare.py
+++ b/basicswap/bin/prepare.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ PARTICL_LINUX_EXTRA = os.getenv('PARTICL_LINUX_EXTRA', 'nousb')
 LITECOIN_VERSION = os.getenv('LITECOIN_VERSION', '0.21.3')
 LITECOIN_VERSION_TAG = os.getenv('LITECOIN_VERSION_TAG', '')
 
-BITCOIN_VERSION = os.getenv('BITCOIN_VERSION', '26.0')
+BITCOIN_VERSION = os.getenv('BITCOIN_VERSION', '28.0')
 BITCOIN_VERSION_TAG = os.getenv('BITCOIN_VERSION_TAG', '')
 
 MONERO_VERSION = os.getenv('MONERO_VERSION', '0.18.3.4')