diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 85329b5fa5..a21cba6967 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.22.19
+===================================
+
+* Add support for Emoji input, with an Emoji chooser
+
+* Bug fixes:
+ 773299 Ensure GTK+-4.x builds and works on Windows (MSVC in particular)
+ 784016 Crash in gnome-terminal due to calling a GdkDisplayClass vfunc on a display...
+ 784421 Tooltips: Fix docs/theming for custom tooltip windows
+ 785999 Windows: Fix AeroSnap on HiDPI
+ 786144 GtkInfoBar Example - Wrong at developer.gnome.org (looks like typo/copy/paste)
+ 786209 X11: GtkPopover positioning doesn't "avoid" CSD window shadows
+ 786287 configure.ac: Missing quote for AC_MSG_ERROR in AS_IF for WAYLAND_SCANNER
+ 786400 "Art pen" named "Grip pen" in the Gnome Control Center
+ 786469 gdkwindow: Avoid re-setting the opaque region if it doesn't change
+ 786480 Button grabs unintendedly cause shortcut inhibition dialog
+ 786594 Broken Ctrl+Tab behaviour inside text widget since 3.22.18
+
+* Translation updates:
+ Brazilian Portuguese
+ Croatian
+ Czech
+ French
+ Friulian
+ Galician
+ German
+ Indonesian
+ Kazakh
+ Lithuanian
+ Nepali
+ Polish
+ Serbian
+ Slovak
+ Spanish
+ Turkish
+
+
 Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.22.18
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 25b25da30c..4eee8712a6 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 m4_define([gtk_major_version], [3])
 m4_define([gtk_minor_version], [22])
-m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [18])
-m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [18])
+m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [19])
+m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [19])
 m4_define([gtk_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * gtk_minor_version + gtk_micro_version)])
 m4_define([gtk_version],