diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 51cec0d37..af27961e1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.6.3
+Thursday, October 26th, 2017
+====================================
+
+- Fix hb_set_t some more.  Should be solid now.
+- Implement get_glyph_name() for hb-ot-font.
+- Misc fixes.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.6.2
 Monday, October 23nd, 2017
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 41ace1207..d3dec0af6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.6.2],
+        [1.6.3],
         [https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])