diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7660bfb675..0fed5d9e90 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+Overview of changes in GTK+ 3.16.4
+==================================
+
+* Bug fixes:
+ 693738 gtk print dialog shows "Getting printer information failed" for...
+ 719683 Escaping issue "Failed to set text from markup due to error par...
+ 745957 GTK+/Quartz >= 3.14.8: Symbol not found: _gtk_drag_cancel (MyPa...
+ 749451 Windows have no border
+ 749593 Miscellaneous test fixes
+ 749893 Crash when trying to drag a tab from a populated GtkNotebook in...
+ 750058 bad options for the keybindings in css instructions generate a ...
+ 750384 GtkDialog can not be moved when gtk_dialog_run from GtkListBox ...
+ 750477 GtkFileChooserButton's label isn't xalign=0'ed
+ 750505 Main grid overlaps GtkPopover
+
+* Translation updates:
+ Czech
+ Occitan
+ Polish
+ Slovenian
+
+
 Overview of changes in GTK+ 3.16.3
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7bb40aaaf8..a0b9c34e01 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 m4_define([gtk_major_version], [3])
 m4_define([gtk_minor_version], [16])
-m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [3])
-m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [3])
+m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [4])
+m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [4])
 m4_define([gtk_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * gtk_minor_version + gtk_micro_version)])
 m4_define([gtk_version],