diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4a05e93c9..25dade92d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+3.4.2
+=====
+* Mirror Evolution calendar settings into our own schema [Owen; #674424]
+* gdm: don't fail if fprintd unavailable [Ray; #675006]
+* Fix broken extension loading [Owen, Alexandre; #670477]
+* Fix filtering of Empathy notifications [Guillaume; #675370]
+* telepathyClient: Ignore invalidated channels [Guillaume; #677457]
+* popupMenu: Fix freeze when appMenu is not populated in one go [Alban; #676447]
+* mount-operation: fix exceptions when showing password entry [Cosimo; #678428]
+* Misc. fixes [Guillaume, Jasper, Rico; #677441, #676175]
+
+Contributors:
+ Alban Browaeys, Cosimo Cecchi, Guillaume Desmottes, Alexandre Rostovtsev,
+ Jasper St. Pierre, Ray Strode, Owen Taylor, Rico Tzschichholz
+
+Translations:
+  OKANO Takayoshi [ja], Changwoo Ryu [ko], Jonh Wendell [pt_BR],
+  Luca Ferretti [it], Sandeep Sheshrao Shedmake [mr], Takanori MATSUURA [ja],
+  Andika Triwidada [id], Mantas Kriaučiūnas [lt], Nilamdyuti Goswami [as]
+
 3.4.1
 =====
 * Fix crash that occurred when an icon theme change caused unexpected
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c9ed18263..20d29dee5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.4.1],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
+AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.4.2],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/shell-global.c])