diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d3dbe1ae2..5b29ca9ef 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 0.9.4
+Tuesday, Sep 03, 2012
+====================================
+
+- Indic improvements with old-spec Malayalam.
+
+- Better fallback glyph positioning, specially with Thai / Lao marks.
+
+- Implement dotted-circle insertion.
+
+- Better Arabic fallback shaping / ligation.
+
+- Added ICU LayoutEngine backend for testing.  Call it by the 'icu_le' name.
+
+- Misc fixes.
+
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 0.9.3
 Friday, Aug 18, 2012
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 53721cd72..c94b81f32 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [0.9.3],
+        [0.9.4],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])