diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ed0e38a6b..593e99df1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+3.9.5
+=====
+* Fix width changes of the calendar popup [Florian; #704200]
+* Work towards aggregate status menu [Jasper; #702539, #704336, #704368,
+  #704670]
+* Update design of lock screen notifications [Allan; #702305]
+* Don't show empty backgroundMenu [Michael; #703868]
+* Add option to limit app switcher to current workspace [Adel; #703538]
+* Consolidate design of login screen and unlock dialog [Ray; #702308, #704795]
+* Respect hasWorkspace property of session mode [Jasper; #698593]
+* Fix fade of app menu icon in RTL locales [Jasper; #704583]
+* Destroy notifications when the close button is clicked [Adel; #687016]
+* Fix clicks on legacy tray icons in the message tray [Florian; #704095]
+* authPrompt: Fade out message if users start to type [Ray; #704817]
+* Export timestamps of global shortcuts on DBus [Bastien; #704859]
+* Fix duplicate search provider results [Jasper; #700283]
+* Misc bug fixes and cleanups [Lionel, Florian, Emilio, Ray, Jasper; #703859,
+  #703540, #704077, #703997, #704318, #704347, #704265, #704411, #704430,
+  #704347, #704453, #704471, #704542, #704707, #703905, #705037]
+
+Contributors:
+  Allan Day, Adel Gadllah, Lionel Landwerlin, Florian Müllner, Bastien Nocera,
+  Emilio Pozuelo Monfort, Jasper St. Pierre, Ray Strode, Colin Walters,
+  Michael Wood
+
+Translations:
+  eternalhui [zh_CN], Victor Ibragimov [tg], Dušan Kazik [sk],
+  Jiro Matsuzawa [ja], Kjartan Maraas [nb], Milo Casagrande [it],
+  Marek Černocký [cs], Daniel Mustieles [es], Benjamin Steinwender [de]
+
 3.9.4
 =====
 * Fix chat entries not being focused when expanded [Jasper; #698778]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3d4915daa..48ab6acae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
-AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.9.4],[https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-shell],[gnome-shell])
+AC_INIT([gnome-shell],[3.9.5],[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=3.9.4
+MUTTER_MIN_VERSION=3.9.5
 GTK_MIN_VERSION=3.7.9
 GIO_MIN_VERSION=2.37.0
 LIBECAL_MIN_VERSION=3.5.3