diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d211749..71036b3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.2.5
+Monday, April 4, 2016
+====================================
+
+- Fix GDEF mark-filtering-set, which was broken in 1.2.3.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.2.4
 Thursday, March 17, 2016
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5960331..e3eb262 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [1.2.4],
+        [1.2.5],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])