diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1656488f9..24db6661e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.0.4
+Wednesday, September 30, 2015
+====================================
+
+- Fix minor out-of-bounds read error.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.0.3
 Tuesday, September 1, 2015
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 45bb689ec..15decdc9f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.0.3],
+        [1.0.4],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])