diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 57ec3804b..ae4bc2bc0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 0.9.22
+Thursday, October 3, 2013
+=====================================
+
+- Fix use-after-end-of-scope in hb_language_from_string().
+- Fix hiding of default_ignorables if font doesn't have space glyph.
+- Protect against out-of-range lookup indices.
+
+- API Changes:
+
+  * Added hb_ot_layout_table_get_lookup_count()
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 0.9.21
 Monday, September 16, 2013
 =====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0a6795c3c..17a7fb91f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [0.9.21],
+        [0.9.22],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])