diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c506896c..a6c29d11 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+xbps-0.59.1 (2020-04-01):
+
+ * libxbps: fixed a double free with malformed/incomplete
+   repodata archives. Added new test case. [xtraeme]
+
+ * zsh: updated completions. [Doàn Trần Công Danh, Piraty]
+
+ * libxbps: fix regression while checking reverse dependencies,
+   introduced in 0.59. Added new test case. [duncaen, Piotr Wójcik]
+
+ * xbps-fetch(1): fix output when not using sha256 mode. [duncaen]
+
+ * xbps-install(1): fix regressions in transaction statistics,
+   introduced in 0.59. [duncaen, xtraeme]
+
 xbps-0.59 (2020-03-03):
 
  * xbps-fetch(1): added TIMEOUT_CONNECTION environment variable
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c588166a..da8ae75f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Try and be like autotools configure, but without autotools
 
-VERSION=0.59
+VERSION=0.59.1
 
 # Ensure that we do not inherit these from env
 OS=