diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7e40fe56f..c72f6bfb9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.53.7
+==================================
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ 736710 remove unnecessary executions of libtool from configure
+ 785260 gio/tests/appmonitor fails if local dir not writeable
+ 786456 g_subprocess_wait[_check]_async() breaks when cancelled...
+ 786555 g_array_free() is not thread safe w.r.t. g_array_unref()
+ 786580 gdesktopappinfo.c: Add Tilix as a fallback terminal
+ 786807 g_uuid_string_random undefined when built with meson
+
+* Translation updates:
+ Brazilian Portuguese
+ Catalan
+ Czech
+ Danish
+ Finnish
+ French
+ Friulian
+ German
+ Italian
+ Kazakh
+ Korean
+ Latvian
+ Nepali
+ Polish
+ Spanish
+ Turkish
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.53.6
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 594d9e35e..a6b845a28 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ m4_define(glib_configure_ac)
 
 m4_define([glib_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([glib_minor_version], [53])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [6])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [7])
 m4_define([glib_interface_age], [0])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c8d1c822d..03bcb89d8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
-  version : '2.53.6',
+  version : '2.53.7',
   meson_version : '>= 0.38.1',
   default_options : [
     'warning_level=1',