diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 893b39f7e..b1f334295 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+3.34.0
+======
+* Handle startup/shutdown of misc X11 services [Carlos; !680]
+* Fix sound volume mute/unmute [Iain; #1557]
+* Correctly terminate pasted text [Carlos; #1570]
+
+Contributors:
+  Carlos Garnacho, Iain Lane
+
+Translators:
+  Tom Tryfonidis [el], Milo Casagrande [it], Ryuta Fujii [ja],
+  Efstathios Iosifidis [el], Carmen Bianca BAKKER [eo], Sabri Ünal [tr],
+  Dušan Kazik [sk], Balázs Meskó [hu], Claude Paroz [fr]
+
 3.33.92
 =======
 * Animate pointer a11y pie timer [Jonas D.; !688]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 87569a16e..b22f52af8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '3.33.92',
+  version: '3.34.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ gio_req = '>= 2.56.0'
 gi_req = '>= 1.49.1'
 gjs_req = '>= 1.57.3'
 gtk_req = '>= 3.15.0'
-mutter_req = '>= 3.33.92'
+mutter_req = '>= 3.34.0'
 polkit_req = '>= 0.100'
 schemas_req = '>= 3.33.1'
 startup_req = '>= 0.11'