diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e9a88e435..1e1817ae7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.57.2
+==================================
+
+* Require pcre 8.31
+* Require meson 0.47.0
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ 742456 Add g_steal_pointer() convenience function to mark ownership...
+ 795569 MinGW CI: fix tests
+ 796341 gmem.h: Use typeof() in g_steal_pointer() macro 
+ #1013 Support for per-session overrides
+ #1360 glib-mkenums breaks if option specified but no nick
+ #1175 Add names and tags to various GSources and GTasks constructed in GLib
+ #903 g_main_context_wait() not deprecated in API, but emits a g_critical()...
+ #786 Fix memory leaks in libgio tests
+ #927 gio/gresource.c:do_lookup check for terminating "/"
+ #976 Document difference between g_assert() and g_assert_*()...
+ #1447 glib 2.57.1: test_month_names: assertion failed...
+
+* Translation updates:
+ Friulian
+ German
+ Romanian
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.57.1
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ce2d6198e..bc6000381 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], [57])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [1])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [2])
 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 15f895e7f..71ea35b79 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
-  version : '2.57.1',
+  version : '2.57.2',
   meson_version : '>= 0.47.0',
   default_options : [
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',