2.49.4
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9ffbf6a..3461829 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.49.4
+==================================
+
+* Change the just-introduced structured logging API. The arguments
+  of g_log_structured() had to be reordered to enable an implementation
+  within the limits of what the standards guarantee about var args.
+
+Bugs fixed:
+ 744456 Structured logging API
+ 768936 gio doc build fails because of missing gio.xml in the tarballs
+ 768963 improper va_list use in g_log_structured()
+ 768968 gio/tests/socket-listener hangs since e4ee307
+
+Translation updates:
+ Spanish
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.49.3
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5a3368f..86e5e05 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 m4_define([glib_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([glib_minor_version], [49])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [3])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [4])
 m4_define([glib_interface_age], [0])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])