diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5b0f38a..feb71ba 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 0.9.9
+Wednesday, December 5, 2012
+====================================
+
+- Fix build on Windows.
+- Minor improvements.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 0.9.8
 Tuesday, December 4, 2012
 ====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 08638f2..cda103b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.64])
 AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
-        [0.9.8],
+        [0.9.9],
         [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
         [harfbuzz],
         [http://harfbuzz.org/])