diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b878793..9c7e7d3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.4.6
+Sunday, April 23, 2017
+====================================
+
+- Graphite2: Fix RTL positioning issue.
+- Backlist GDEF of more versions of Padauk and Tahoma.
+- New, experimental, cmake alternative build system.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.4.5
 Friday, March 10, 2017
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 91fbfd7..6d14455 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.4.5],
+        [1.4.6],
         [https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/new],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])