diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f52991c..a5b0a5b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 endif()
 
 set(POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION "0")
-set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "58")
+set(POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION "59")
 set(POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION "0")
 set(POPPLER_VERSION "${POPPLER_MAJOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MINOR_VERSION}.${POPPLER_MICRO_VERSION}")
 
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
 else()
 add_library(poppler SHARED ${poppler_SRCS})
 endif()
-set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 69.0.0 SOVERSION 69)
+set_target_properties(poppler PROPERTIES VERSION 70.0.0 SOVERSION 70)
 target_link_libraries(poppler LINK_PRIVATE ${poppler_LIBS})
 install(TARGETS poppler RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX} ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 68086a4..8541f30 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+Release 0.59.0
+        core:
+         * Fix infinite recursion in NameTree parsing in broken files
+
+        utils:
+         * pdfunite: Fix API porting error that caused abort in some cases
+         * pdfinfo: Fix crashes and memory leaks when using -dests
+         * pdfinfo: use GooString.append instead of sprintf/strcat
+         * pdfimages: Fix warning when compiling with cygwin
+
+        build system:
+         * Fix cygwin 32-bit compile
+         * cmake tweaks
+
+
 Release 0.58.0
         core:
          * CairoOutputDev: cairo 1.14 now has high quality downscaling
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e1b00fb..e405458 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 m4_define([poppler_version_major],[0])
-m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[58])
+m4_define([poppler_version_minor],[59])
 m4_define([poppler_version_micro],[0])
 m4_define([poppler_version],[poppler_version_major.poppler_version_minor.poppler_version_micro])
 
diff --git a/cpp/Doxyfile b/cpp/Doxyfile
index a2db5ee..fb91adf 100644
--- a/cpp/Doxyfile
+++ b/cpp/Doxyfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # This could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or
 # if some version control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.58.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.59.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.
diff --git a/poppler/Makefile.am b/poppler/Makefile.am
index db550fa..8cf7af8 100644
--- a/poppler/Makefile.am
+++ b/poppler/Makefile.am
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
 	$(win32_libs)
 
 libpoppler_la_LDFLAGS =				\
-	-version-info 69:0:0			\
+	-version-info 70:0:0			\
 	@create_shared_lib@			\
 	@auto_import_flags@
 
diff --git a/qt4/src/Doxyfile b/qt4/src/Doxyfile
index 9b2fa47..6780737 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         = 0.58.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.59.0
 
 # 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 278a680..2032799 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         = 0.58.0
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.59.0
 
 # The OUTPUT_DIRECTORY tag is used to specify the (relative or absolute)
 # base path where the generated documentation will be put.