diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2b4dbba9d0..184e432d58 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,7 +1,21 @@
 ==========
-EFL 1.24.3
+EFL 1.24.4
 ==========
 
+Changes since 1.24.3:
+---------------------
+
+Fixes:
+
+   * efreetd - cache - add more statinfo work around 0 mtime distros
+   * edje - fix edje_cc mis-re-iding images in image sets
+   * evas - render - dont crash is private data is null
+   * eina vpath - fix windows ~username handling to only error when used
+   * efl ui image - fix scal to fill - broken with non-rect src images
+   * edje - calce - really respect max image size for img sets
+   * evas - fix deadlock with sw async rendering calling cbs in post flush
+   * ecore - don't do anything with heap between fork and exec
+
 Changes since 1.24.2:
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 35e6a5fecc..21c3b695d4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('efl', ['c','cpp'],
-  version: '1.24.3',
+  version: '1.24.4',
   default_options : ['buildtype=release', 'cpp_std=c++11'],
   meson_version : '>=0.50'
 )