diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c5a4a33..2789f08 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.66.0
+==================================
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ - #2200 missing tab in makefile rule
+ - !1639 guri: Fix user passed to g_uri_split_with_user() not being NULL'd
+
+* Translation updates:
+ - Croatian
+ - Hungarian
+ - Italian
+ - Serbian
+ - Slovak
+ - Swedish
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.65.3
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6f9ae6c..7765a40 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('glib', 'c', 'cpp',
-  version : '2.65.3',
+  version : '2.66.0',
   # NOTE: We keep this pinned at 0.49 because that's what Debian 10 ships
   meson_version : '>= 0.49.2',
   default_options : [