diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f1eb02445..2a50c5ab9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.70.0
+==================================
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ - !2248 ci: Replace FreeBSD 11 with FreeBSD 13
+
+* Translation updates:
+ - Croatian
+ - Danish
+ - English (United Kingdom)
+ - French
+ - German
+ - Hungarian
+ - Polish
+ - Swedish
+ - Turkish
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.69.3
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4f1178aa4..319f18314 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
-  version : '2.69.3',
+  version : '2.70.0',
   # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.49 because that's what Debian 10 ships
   meson_version : '>= 0.49.2',
   default_options : [