diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index afe6a56ed..9e1bc2d19 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.51.4
+==================================
+
+* Memory leak fixes
+* Fix the released tarball
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.51.3
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 954d86e9e..324388f51 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], [51])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [3])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [4])
 m4_define([glib_interface_age], [0])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])