diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8459a04a3..16861ebed 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+3.9.3
+=====
+* Don't push window thumbs when workspace switcher is hidden [Jasper; #701167]
+* Tweak timeout for activating windows during XDND [Adel; #700150]
+* Fix ellipsization in control buttons in app picker [Carlos; #696307]
+* Fix DND to empty dash [Florian; #684618]
+* Fix OSD window appearing below system modal dialogs [Rui; #701269]
+* Clear clipboard on screen lock to prevent information leak [Florian; #698922]
+* Allow session mode specific overrides schema [Florian; #701717]
+* window-switcher: Only show windows from current workspace by default
+  [Florian; #701214]
+* logout dialog: Show the correct text right away [Matthias; #702056]
+* bluetooth: Port to bluez 5 [Emilio; #700891]
+* dateMenu: Allow events to span multiple lines [Giovanni; #701231]
+* gdm: Clear message queue when no more messages are pending [Jonh; #702458]
+* Misc bug fixes and cleanups [Jasper, Florian, Adel, Giovanni; #693836,
+  #700972, #701386, #700877, #701755, #698918, #701224, #702125, #701954,
+  #701849, #702121]
+
+Contributors:
+  Giovanni Campagna, Matthias Clasen, Fran Diéguez, Adel Gadllah, Rui Matos,
+  Florian Müllner, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort, Carlos Soriano, Jasper St. Pierre,
+  Jonh Wendell
+
+Translations:
+  Marek Černocký [cs], Victor Ibragimov [tg], Fran Diéguez [gl],
+  Benjamin Steinwender [de], Cheng-Chia Tseng [zh_HK, zh_TW],
+  eternalhui [zh_CN], Ivaylo Valkov [bg], Kjartan Maraas [nb],
+  Daniel Mustieles [es]
+
 3.9.2
 =====
 * Use a symbolic icon for DESKTOP windows [Matthias; #697914]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8e9e0ea21..445a79dcb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.9.2],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
+AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.9.3],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
 
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/shell-global.c])
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_RECORDER, $build_recorder)
 CLUTTER_MIN_VERSION=1.13.4
 GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_MIN_VERSION=0.10.1
 GJS_MIN_VERSION=1.35.4
-MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.9.2
+MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.9.3
 GTK_MIN_VERSION=3.7.9
 GIO_MIN_VERSION=2.37.0
 LIBECAL_MIN_VERSION=3.5.3