diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 076b2cd2abf..fa117f5185f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-?? ??? ????, PHP 7.4.28
+?? ??? ????, PHP 7.4.29
+
+
+17 Feb 2022, PHP 7.4.28
 
 - Filter:
   . Fix #81708: UAF due to php_filter_float() failing for ints
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7155ff432f4..6f829c0e782 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dnl Basic autoconf initialization, generation of config.nice.
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([PHP],[7.4.27-dev],[https://bugs.php.net],[php],[https://www.php.net])
+AC_INIT([PHP],[7.4.29-dev],[https://bugs.php.net],[php],[https://www.php.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main/php_version.h])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build])
 AC_PRESERVE_HELP_ORDER