diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 44939b61e..e3fde7914 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.62.4
+==================================
+
+* Apply recursion depth limits to variants in D-Bus messages (!1290)
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ - #1938 GDateTime doesn't support leap seconds
+ - !1240 Backport !1233 “gdatetime: Handle leap seconds in ISO8601 dates” to glib-2-62
+ - !1257 Backport !1232 “kqueue: Do not return early from _kqsub_cancel” to glib-2-62
+ - !1266 Backport !1265 “build: don't check for protected visibility” to glib-2-62
+ - !1276 Backport !1274 “trash portal: Don't follow symlinks” to glib-2-62
+ - !1290 Backport !1201 “gdbusmessage: Limit recursion of variants in D-Bus messages” to glib-2-62
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.62.3
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index df5b770da..3a47a7cc4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
-  version : '2.62.3',
+  version : '2.62.4',
   # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.49 because that's what Debian 10 ships
   meson_version : '>= 0.49.2',
   default_options : [