diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 59d38503..cf24c116 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+D-Bus 1.7.6 (UNRELEASED)
+==
+
+...
+
 D-Bus 1.7.4 (2013-06-13)
 ==
 
+The “but is your thread-safety thread-safe?” release.
+
 Security fixes:
 
 • CVE-2013-2168: Fix misuse of va_list that could be used as a denial
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8edbf18d..4c63f982 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 
 m4_define([dbus_major_version], [1])
 m4_define([dbus_minor_version], [7])
-m4_define([dbus_micro_version], [4])
+m4_define([dbus_micro_version], [5])
 m4_define([dbus_version],
           [dbus_major_version.dbus_minor_version.dbus_micro_version])
 AC_INIT([dbus],[dbus_version],[https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=dbus],[dbus])