diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1ff3bd473..2b6337188 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+3.34.4
+======
+* Switch screen-recorder back to VP8 [Björn; #256]
+
+Contributors:
+  Björn Daase
+
+Translators:
+  Jor Teron [mjw], Dušan Kazik [sk]
+
 3.34.3
 ======
 * polkitAgent: Fix confirming via keyboard when password-less [Jonas; #2066]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a68506c7a..97de19758 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '3.34.3',
+  version: '3.34.4',
   meson_version: '>= 0.47.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )