diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9c7e7d3b4..5cbfacf23 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.4.7
+Tuesday, July 18, 2017
+====================================
+
+- Multiple Indic, Tibetan, and Cham fixes.
+- CoreText: Allow disabling kerning.
+- Adjust Arabic feature order again.
+- Misc build fixes.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.4.6
 Sunday, April 23, 2017
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6d1445550..ec9e29869 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.4.6],
+        [1.4.7],
         [https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])