diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d0198f5..0152bcb 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Release 1.10 (2013-12-XX)
+Release 1.10 (2013-12-22)
 =========================
 * Bump libxcb-xkb SONAME due to ABI break introduced in 1.9.2
 * Enable libxcb-xkb by default
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 294bd1a..6d0f844 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Initialize Autoconf
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 AC_INIT([libxcb],
-        1.9,
+        1.10,
         [xcb@lists.freedesktop.org])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])