diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dccc3e01e..2a72bd014 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+3.7.1
+=====
+* Add shortcut to open application view directly [Jeremy; #685738]
+* Expose '<Super>F10' shortcut in System Settings [Florian; #672909]
+* Clean up timestamp format in chat notifications [Carlos; #680989]
+* loginScreen: Add support for 'disable-restart-buttons' [Florian; #686247]
+* Update textures automatically on file changes [Florian; #679268]
+* Implement org.gnome.ScreenSaver.GetActiveTime [Giovanni; #686064]
+* Add missing translations for GSetting schema [Giovanni; #686413]
+* Hide workspace switcher completely when it's not necessary [Seif; #686483]
+* Explicitly load gnome-screensaver when not running GDM [Tim; #683060]
+* Port to GnomeIdleMonitor [Jasper; #682224]
+* Set Empathy as preferred handler when delegating channels [Xavier; #686296]
+* Allow testing GDM login dialog from the session [Giovanni; #683725]
+* Use all available space for windows in window picker [Jasper, Pierre-Eric;
+  #582650]
+* Use logind for suspend if available [Florian; #686482]
+* Misc. fixes and cleanups [Jasper, Florian, Adel, Rui; #677426, #680426,
+  #686233, #686241, #686318, #686240, #686484, #686002, #684650, #686487]
+
+Contributors:
+  Jeremy Bicha, Giovanni Campagna, Xavier Claessens, Adel Gadllah, Seif Lotfy,
+  Tim Lunn, Rui Matos, Florian Müllner, Pierre-Eric Pelloux-Prayer,
+  Carlos Soriano, Jasper St. Pierre
+
+Translations:
+  Andika Triwidada [id], Matej Urbančič [sl], Ihar Hrachyshka [be],
+  Daniel Mustieles [es], Fran Diéguez [gl], Takayuki KUSANO [ja],
+  Мирослав Николић [sr, sr@latin], Dušan Kazik [sk], Tom Tryfonidis [el]
+
 3.6.1
 =====
 * dash: Make padding even on the top/bottom of the dash [Jasper; #684619]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2ad8a4165..6fb890ff5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.6.1],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
+AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.7.1],[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=1.11.11
 GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_MIN_VERSION=0.10.1
 GJS_MIN_VERSION=1.33.2
-MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.6.1
+MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.7.1
 GTK_MIN_VERSION=3.3.9
 GIO_MIN_VERSION=2.35.0
 LIBECAL_MIN_VERSION=3.5.3