diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1dae070b1..02ff93eaf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 2.6.6
+Tuesday, May 12, 2020
+====================================
+- A fix in AAT kerning for Geeza Pro.
+- Better support for resource fork fonts on macOS.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 2.6.5
 Friday, April 17, 2020
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index df5929744..5fc703a09 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [2.6.5],
+        [2.6.6],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 12dc4858f..e07ee76fc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('harfbuzz', 'c', 'cpp',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0',
   default_options : ['cpp_std=c++11'],
-  version: '2.6.5')
+  version: '2.6.6')
 
 warning('Meson is not our main build system yet, don\'t use it for packaging HarfBuzz for *nix distros for now')
 
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index 545f1b2a6..0abec8ded 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define HB_VERSION_MINOR 6
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 5
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 6
 
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.6.5"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.6.6"
 
 #define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
 	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \