diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9245310..68228f5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 transactional-update NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
 
-Copyright (C) 2016-2023 Thorsten Kukuk, Ignaz Forster et al.
+Copyright (C) 2016-2024 Thorsten Kukuk, Ignaz Forster et al.
+
+Version 4.7.0 (2024-07-04)
+* Add plugin mechanism
+  It's now possible to hook into API functions with custom plugins; see
+  doc/tukit-plugins.md for details.
+  [gh#openSUSE/transactional-update#122]
+* Fix missing libdir replacement for status command
 
 Version 4.6.8 (2024-05-07)
 * tukit: Properly handle overlay syncing failures: If the system would not be
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aa1c45a..e3dda8a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-AC_INIT(transactional-update, 4.6.8)
+AC_INIT(transactional-update, 4.7.0)
 # Increase on any interface change and reset revision
-LIBTOOL_CURRENT=5
+LIBTOOL_CURRENT=6
 # On interface change increase if backwards compatible, reset otherwise
-LIBTOOL_AGE=1
+LIBTOOL_AGE=2
 # Increase on *any* C/C++ library code change, reset at interface change
-LIBTOOL_REVISION=3
+LIBTOOL_REVISION=0
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([tukit.pc])