diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2d7654c6b..c2883ae9e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 0.9.28
+Monday, April 28, 2014
+=====================================
+
+- Unbreak old-spec Indic shaping. (bug 76705)
+- Fix shaping of U+17DD and U+0FC6.
+- Add HB_NO_MERGE_CLUSTERS build option.  NOT to be enabled by default
+  for shipping libraries.  It's an option for further experimentation
+  right now.  When we are sure how to do it properly, we will add
+  public run-time API for the functionality.
+- Build fixes.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 0.9.27
 Tuesday, March 18, 2014
 =====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ba69b6915..e10fb3444 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [0.9.27],
+        [0.9.28],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])