diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2e0a2c6a..e244ffb8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 This file lists notable changes in each release. For the full history of all
 changes, see ChangeLog.
 
+2022-05-24: v1.94.4 release
+
+Highlights:
+ * synaptics: New PIDs 0x0168, 0x015f
+ * elan: New PID 0x0c4b
+ * elanspi: New PID 0x241f
+ * synaptics: Minor fix to interrupt transfer resubmission
+ * Avoid sysfs writes if value is already expected
+ * Improvements to the testing setup
+ * Fixes to the internal critical section API
+
 2021-11-02: v1.94.3 release
 
 Highlights:
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3167fff3..823728c7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('libfprint', [ 'c', 'cpp' ],
-    version: '1.94.3',
+    version: '1.94.4',
     license: 'LGPLv2.1+',
     default_options: [
         'buildtype=debugoptimized',