diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7174ff4cd277dc27a8c0e1e0a4d241f2b7719e6c..d770dc098c0ef6d8f06dda71b92b418b517b602b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+version 3.8.3
+-------------
+
+ Bugs fixed:
+
+  * App icons: name the app icons with the application id (!77)
+  * Jpeg loader: crash when the original size is too big for a cairo 
+    surface.
+  * Fixed run-time errors if exiv2 is not used.
+  * Fixed window size the first time gThumb is executed.
+
 version 3.8.2
 -------------
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4ad275792122c5b7ae28169aad7f6ede16f5eae6..2184e0fe59fc4c7ca81c874b9dcc5f5293533a3b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('gthumb', ['c', 'cpp'],
   license : 'GPL2+',
-  version : '3.8.2',
+  version : '3.8.3',
   meson_version : '>=0.42.1'
 )