diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9015c4ad2..fe09ab160 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.7.6
+Wednesday, March 7, 2018
+====================================
+
+- Fix to hb_set_t binary operations. Ouch.
+- New experimental harfbuzz-subset library. All of hb-subset.h
+  is experimental right now and API WILL change.
+
+- New API:
+hb_blob_copy_writable_or_fail()
+HB_OT_TAG_BASE
+hb_set_previous()
+hb_set_previous_range()
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.7.5
 Tuesday, January 30, 2018
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 694e86bbf..1fb8a10a3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.7.5],
+        [1.7.6],
         [https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index f0f5a1814..275093260 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ HB_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 #define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define HB_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 5
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 6
 
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "1.7.5"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "1.7.6"
 
 #define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
 	((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \