diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dc89614e0..57ec3804b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 0.9.21
+Monday, September 16, 2013
+=====================================
+
+- Rename gobject-introspection library name from harfbuzz to HarfBuzz.
+- Remove (long disabled) hb-old and hb-icu-le test shapers.
+- Misc gtk-doc and gobject-introspection annotations.
+- Misc fixes.
+- API changes:
+
+  * Add HB_SET_VALUE_INVALID
+
 Overview of changes leading to 0.9.20
 Thursday, August 29, 2013
 =====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c3f57a924..0a6795c3c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [0.9.20],
+        [0.9.21],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])