diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 33784f287..e6eb641a4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,10 +1,39 @@
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.47.5
 ==================================
 
-* The system copy of PCRE is now used by default to implement GRegex.
+* the system copy of PCRE is now used by default to implement GRegex.
   Configure with --with-pcre=internal if a system PCRE version
   is unavailable or undesired.
 
+* interfaces for DTLS support have been added.  A new version of
+  glib-networking will also be required.
+
+* GDBusMethodInvocation now drops replies if the sender set the
+  NO_REPLY_EXPECTED flag
+
+* several GApplication fixes, including fixes for commandline arguments
+  in interpreted languages on Windows
+
+Bugs fixed:
+ 624186 Deprecate glib-gettext macros
+ 734095 gtk-demo.py of PyGObject fails to run on Windows (and likely other binding scripts using g_application_run())
+ 735754 Implement close on TLS GOutputStream
+ 748064 gnulib vfprintf returns desired (not actual) number of bytes, ignores errors
+ 752240 Add DTLS support to GIO
+ 755421 GDBus ignores NO_REPLY_EXPECTED flag in messages, leading to warnings on system bus
+ 756875 Include ntdef.h for NTSTATUS
+ 759554 g_application_run() calls g_main_context_default() repeatidly
+ 760199 gsettings: Install gettext ITS rules
+ 760215 G_LIKELY/_UNLIKELY macros need more parentheses
+ 760683 regex test: Check the expected PCRE exceptions at runtime
+
+Translations updated:
+ Brazilian Portuguese
+ Czech
+ German
+ Lithuanian
+ Swedish
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.47.4
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b62a4e2ac..677b1eed2 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], [47])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [4])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [5])
 m4_define([glib_interface_age], [0])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])