2.4.0
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ef87dad..f3e424f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Overview of changes leading to 2.4.0
+Monday, March 25, 2019
+====================================
+- Unicode 12.
+- Misc fixes.
+- Subsetter improvements.
+- New API:
+HB_BUFFER_FLAG_DO_NOT_INSERT_DOTTED_CIRCLE
+hb_directwrite_face_create()
+
+
Overview of changes leading to 2.3.1
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
====================================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 718f1d0..b51ac4a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
AC_PREREQ([2.64])
AC_INIT([HarfBuzz],
- [2.3.1],
+ [2.4.0],
[https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/new],
[harfbuzz],
[http://harfbuzz.org/])
diff --git a/src/hb-buffer.h b/src/hb-buffer.h
index 43aeb99..ac1d452 100644
--- a/src/hb-buffer.h
+++ b/src/hb-buffer.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
* @HB_BUFFER_FLAG_DO_NOT_INSERT_DOTTED_CIRCLE:
* flag indicating that a dotted circle should
* not be inserted in the rendering of incorrect
- * character sequences (such at <0905 093E>). Since: REPLACEME
+ * character sequences (such at <0905 093E>). Since: 2.4
*
* Since: 0.9.20
*/
diff --git a/src/hb-version.h b/src/hb-version.h
index 13db8ce..783e37b 100644
--- a/src/hb-version.h
+++ b/src/hb-version.h
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
#define HB_VERSION_MAJOR 2
-#define HB_VERSION_MINOR 3
-#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 1
+#define HB_VERSION_MINOR 4
+#define HB_VERSION_MICRO 0
-#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.3.1"
+#define HB_VERSION_STRING "2.4.0"
#define HB_VERSION_ATLEAST(major,minor,micro) \
((major)*10000+(minor)*100+(micro) <= \