diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 688b1846c9..cc9b437273 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.15.9
+==================================
+
+* GtkScrolledWindow
+ - Avoid 'jumping' when zoom scrolling kicks in
+ - Make zoom scrolling less easy to trigger
+ - Make steppers use smooth autoscrolling
+
+* Input methods can now be turned off entirely, which
+  can be useful to free up the Ctrl-Shift-u shortcut
+
+* Add some DND support to gtk3-icon-browser
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ 696505 Segfault on Windows x64: gtkstatusicon.c tries to put 64-bit...
+ 744942 quartz: Avoid segfaulting when calling gdk_window_ensure_native
+ 744991 Fix loading of GResource SVGs
+ 745052 Icon theme code assumes directories with mtime 0 don't exist
+ 745076 Various DPI and OpenGL related fixes in the Wayland backend
+        Fix crash and miscalculation in css bitmask manipulation
+        Fix a crash due to too large surfaces
+
+* Translation updates
+ Chinese (Taiwan)
+ Hebrew
+ Hungarian
+ Galician
+ Greek
+ Slovak
+ Spanish
+
+
 Overview of Changes in GTK+ 3.15.8
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c03b51c86e..edde3d2cf2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 m4_define([gtk_major_version], [3])
 m4_define([gtk_minor_version], [15])
-m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [8])
+m4_define([gtk_micro_version], [9])
 m4_define([gtk_interface_age], [0])
 m4_define([gtk_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * gtk_minor_version + gtk_micro_version)])