diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 30fa8c397..6cae06dcd 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 2.6.3
+Monday, October 28, 2019
+====================================
+- Misc small fixes, mostly to build-related issues.
+- New API:
++hb_font_get_nominal_glyphs()
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 2.6.2
 Monday, September 30, 2019
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c88cffea6..38d9e0740 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [2.6.2],
+        [2.6.3],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/src/hb-font.cc b/src/hb-font.cc
index 340336814..e89ad697e 100644
--- a/src/hb-font.cc
+++ b/src/hb-font.cc
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ hb_font_get_nominal_glyph (hb_font_t *font,
  *
  * Return value:
  *
- * Since: REPLACEME
+ * Since: 2.6.3
  **/
 unsigned int
 hb_font_get_nominal_glyphs (hb_font_t *font,
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index 4081ca8ac..2845783e6 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 2
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 3
 
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.6.2"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.6.3"
 
 #define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
 	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \