diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b878793af6644ad7a74e80f3c47d2ed5e6e3dcc1..9c7e7d3b471229ecf514c51a67a0556d05f60237 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 91fbfd70b8ac8b26de2840dc3342e85de2b2b4ef..6d14455509cf8f05e5ef074d056d9ca57af10b2b 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/])