Release v2.13.4
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 37d5fbb..c952522 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 NEWS file for libxml2
 
+v2.13.4: Sep 18 2024
+
+### Regressions
+
+- parser: Make unsupported encodings an error in declarations
+- io: don't set the executable bit when creating files (triallax)
+- xmlcatalog: Improved fix for #699
+- Revert "catalog: Fetch XML catalog before dumping"
+- io: Add missing calls to xmlInitParser
+- tree: Restore return value of xmlNodeListGetString with NULL list
+- parser: Fix error handling after reaching limit
+- parser: Make xmlParseChunk return an error if parser was stopped
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- python: Fix SAX driver with character streams
+
+### Improvements
+
+- xpath: Make recursion check work with xmlXPathCompile
+- parser: Report at least one fatal error
+
+### Portability
+
+- include: Check whether _MSC_VER is defined
+
+
 v2.13.3: Jul 24 2024
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9149e7b..36e74e4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 m4_define([MAJOR_VERSION], 2)
 m4_define([MINOR_VERSION], 13)
-m4_define([MICRO_VERSION], 3)
+m4_define([MICRO_VERSION], 4)
 
 AC_INIT([libxml2],[MAJOR_VERSION.MINOR_VERSION.MICRO_VERSION])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([entities.c])
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 37ea80c..33b4fd8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
     'libxml2',
     'c',
-    version: '2.13.3',
+    version: '2.13.4',
     license: 'MIT',
     default_options: ['buildtype=debug', 'warning_level=3'],
     meson_version: '>= 0.61',