diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6746f5236..2b6b7d010 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+3.25.1
+======
+* Always sync window geometry on state changes [Jonas; #780292]
+* Use EGL instead of GLX when drawing using GLES [Jonas; #771636]
+* Fix HiDPI detection on vertical monitor layouts [Carlos; #777687]
+* Get double-click timing from desktop mouse settings [Armin; #771576]
+* Scale relative motion deltas with monitor scale [Jonas, Carlos; #778119]
+* Use texture fallback when setting hardware cursor fails [Jente; #770020]
+* Fix lock-up when using additional theme variants [Shantanu; #780254]
+* Rework low-level monitor configuration [Jonas; #777732]
+* Fix building with GLES2 instead of GL [Mario; #781398]
+* Misc. bug fixes [Jonas, Piotr, Philip; #780304, #772218, #781242, #781391]
+
+Contributors:
+  Jonas Ådahl, Philip Chimento, Piotr Drąg, Carlos Garnacho, Shantanu Goel,
+  Jente Hidskes, Armin Krezović, Rui Matos, Florian Müllner, Mario Sanchez Prada
+
+Translations:
+  Yuras Shumovich [be], Yosef Or Boczko [he], Tom Tryfonidis [el],
+  Fabio Tomat [fur], Kukuh Syafaat [id]
+
 3.24.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5f6e810f1..043692537 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 AC_PREREQ(2.62)
 
 m4_define([mutter_major_version], [3])
-m4_define([mutter_minor_version], [24])
-m4_define([mutter_micro_version], [0])
+m4_define([mutter_minor_version], [25])
+m4_define([mutter_micro_version], [1])
 
 m4_define([mutter_version],
           [mutter_major_version.mutter_minor_version.mutter_micro_version])