diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 90fc3f8707e4dc20653f1d9757def840f8858804..b0584289b59966c863ae436f9472082f821b10bc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+46.6
+====
+* Improve quick settings accessibility [Lukáš; !3481, !3484, !3485]
+* Improve accuracy of inset box shadows [Daniel; !3488]
+* Consider text direction when handling arrow keys in sliders [Sundeep; !3500]
+* Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Alessandro, Marco, Florian, Bilal; !3446, !3495,
+  !3504, !3505, !3507, !3508]
+
+Contributors:
+  Alessandro Bono, Bilal Elmoussaoui, Sundeep Mediratta, Florian Müllner,
+  Marco Trevisan (Treviño), Lukáš Tyrychtr, Daniel van Vugt,
+  Bogi Napoleon Wennerström
+
+Translators:
+  Atirut Wattanamongkol [th], Aefgh Threenine [th], Mahdi Hasan [bn],
+  Bogi Napoleon Wennerström [fo]
+
 46.5
 ====
 * Fix smartcard logins [Alessandro; !3448]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5f83cecafed5efa45ceb1a6107b70fb036c00267..d2471cc3ee2ae16dcb0ea470e103bdd41d34d19c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '46.5',
+  version: '46.6',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
index ecfc5077050765eb9fdec1b4deaa152e304a77c0..3cf81c9ec232a7b84ad16e0e3762bda4e73a763d 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   </description>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="46.6" date="2024-10-19"/>
     <release version="46.5" date="2024-09-14"/>
     <release version="46.4" date="2024-08-03"/>
     <release version="46.3.1" date="2024-06-29"/>
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
index 833e2db9523ce2cdc2ca30b66e207aa97ba54761..ad672ab4ccaaccade3310db588db0c9ecc654f75 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-app',
-  version: '46.5',
+  version: '46.6',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
index 32a82f523d90c97a5de022152f242319c5afb091..fd7818c9f035a6d260659c685eeed769257b2ade 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-tool', 'c',
-  version: '46.5',
+  version: '46.6',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/shew/meson.build b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
index 1f1d1f6e3479965c6d2c81b8d62d6eda37f6332c..b8a5d91d3c55f577a376d3088d07a1374ef95f98 100644
--- a/subprojects/shew/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('shew', 'c',
-  version: '46.5',
+  version: '46.6',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'LGPLv2+',
 )