diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 84d02f6..5289e0c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+0.18.8
+ * Add support for g_autoptr() to our types [!11]
+ * Remove deprecated g_type_class_add_private() [!14]
+ * Bump GLib dependency (2.44+)
+ * Add meson build support [!9]
+ * Fix vapi generation [!15, ...]
+ * Build fixes [!12, !13]
+ * Updated translations
+
 0.18.7
  * Migrate from intltool to gettext [!2]
  * Fix uninitialized memory returned by secret_item_get_schema_name() [#15]
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b1e6bcc..05fe195 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
 
-AC_INIT([libsecret],[0.18.7],
+AC_INIT([libsecret],[0.18.8],
         [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libsecret/issues/],
         [libsecret])