diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f6c8e963d6..ba60138fc5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.8.8
+=================================
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ 705203 Natural scroll doesn't work immediately
+ 712799 Memory leak when listing Avahi printers
+ 715029 Ensure GdkScreen::monitors-changed gets emitted...
+
+
 Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.8.7
 =================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2ebcd9e759..c5ab295468 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 m4_define([gtk_major_version], [3])
 m4_define([gtk_minor_version], [8])
-m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [7])
-m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [7])
+m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [8])
+m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [8])
 m4_define([gtk_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * gtk_minor_version + gtk_micro_version)])
 m4_define([gtk_version],