diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c2883ae..b7ac415 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 0.9.29
+Thursday, May 29, 2014
+=====================================
+
+- Implement cmap in hb-ot-font.h.  No variation-selectors yet.
+- Myanmar: Allow MedialYa+Asat.
+- Various Indic fixes:
+  * Support most characters in Extended Devanagary and Vedic
+    Unicode blocks.
+  * Allow digits and a some punctuation as consonant placeholders.
+- Build fixes.
+
 Overview of changes leading to 0.9.28
 Monday, April 28, 2014
 =====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e10fb34..d2036ec 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [0.9.28],
+        [0.9.29],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])