diff --git a/utils/mpremote/Makefile b/utils/mpremote/Makefile
index 414a23622c..29ace78de4 100644
--- a/utils/mpremote/Makefile
+++ b/utils/mpremote/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mpremote
-PKG_VERSION:=1.27.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.28.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=mpremote
-PKG_HASH:=6bb75774648091dad6833af4f86c5bf6505f8d7aec211380f9e6996c01d23cb5
+PKG_HASH:=fdb5626be83dff4e53c0184f8950814cb519b524dba7f1f8b1668aa477257a31
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
diff --git a/utils/mpremote/test.sh b/utils/mpremote/test.sh
index a694982ead..0e7cb1a89b 100644
--- a/utils/mpremote/test.sh
+++ b/utils/mpremote/test.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@
 
 [ "$1" = mpremote ] || exit 0
 
-python3 - <<'EOF'
+python3 - "$2" <<'EOF'
+import sys
 import mpremote
 from mpremote import main
 from mpremote.transport_serial import SerialTransport
+import importlib.metadata
 
-print("mpremote OK")
+version = sys.argv[1]
+installed = importlib.metadata.version("mpremote")
+assert installed == version, f"version mismatch: {installed!r} != {version!r}"
+print(f"mpremote {installed} OK")
 EOF