diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 96a9fc951..ce2670711 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.78.6, 2024-05-08
+==============================================
+
+* Fix a regression with IBus caused by the fix for CVE-2024-34397 (#3353,
+  work by Simon McVittie)
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+  - #3353 Fixing CVE-2024-34397 caused regressions for ibus (Simon McVittie)
+  - !4056 Backport !4053 “gdbusconnection: Allow name owners to have the syntax
+    of a well-known name” to glib-2-78
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.78.5, 2024-05-07
 ==============================================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b9a908d31..47b382b72 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('glib', 'c',
-  version : '2.78.5',
+  version : '2.78.6',
   # NOTE: See the policy in docs/meson-version.md before changing the Meson dependency
   meson_version : '>= 0.60.0',
   default_options : [