diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1618e1c..b143505 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 endif()
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
-set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "33")
+set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "34")
 set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
 else(MSVC)
 add_library(poppler SHARED ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif(MSVC)
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 52.0.0 SOVERSION 52)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 53.0.0 SOVERSION 53)
 target_link_libraries(poppler ${poppler_LIBS})
 target_link_libraries(poppler LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES "")
 install(TARGETS poppler RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX} ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 48f97fd..a0f979a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Release 0.34.0
+        core:
+         * Splash: Fix crash in PDF with nested softmasks. Bug #91240
+         * Splash: Speed up of rendering icc based images. Bug #90171
+         * PSOutputDev: Embed Type1 fonts to PostScript files correctly. Bug #19747
+         * Fix pedantic memory leak
+
+        glib:
+         * update new symbols section
+
+        build system:
+         * cmake: Make sure ENABLE_LIBOPENJPEG is either 0 or 1
+
 Release 0.33.0
         core:
          * Fix regression in pdftops parameter passing. Bug #89827
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 67599c0..5e7222a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
-m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[33])
+m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[34])
 m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
diff --git a/poppler/Makefile.am b/poppler/Makefile.am
index fd75d1a..0442929 100644
--- a/poppler/Makefile.am
+++ b/poppler/Makefile.am
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
 	$(win32_libs)
 
 libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS =				\
-	-version-info 52:0:0			\
+	-version-info 53:0:0			\
 	@create_shared_lib@			\
 	@auto_import_flags@
 
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index d9fae9c..23f1518 100644
--- a/qt4/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.33.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.34.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/qt5/src/Doxyfile b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
index 5438453..d1b0edb 100644
--- a/qt5/src/Doxyfile
+++ b/qt5/src/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.33.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.34.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.