1.2.6
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 71036b3..721d528 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 1.2.6
+Friday, April 8, 2016
+====================================
+
+- Blacklist GDEF table of another set of Times New Roman (Bold) Italic.
+- DirectWrite backend improvements. Note: DirectWrite backend is
+ exclusively for our internal testing and should NOT be used in any
+ production system whatsoever.
+
+
Overview of changes leading to 1.2.5
Monday, April 4, 2016
====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e3eb262..44621c9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.64])
AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
- [1.2.5],
+ [1.2.6],
[http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=harfbuzz],
[harfbuzz],
[http://harfbuzz.org/])
