diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6a4b056f9..f41d0755f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+Ngspice-29, Sept 30th, 2018
+============
+
+- New features:
+    + configure flag --with-fftw3 If set to 'no', internal fast fourier is used
+      instead of fftw
+    + command setseed to set the seed value for the random number generator
+    + option seed=[val|random]
+    + variable inputdir to remeber and retrieve the last input file directory
+    + example directory 'digital' with analog, behavioral and digital example input files
+    + new XSPICE filesource, d_source, and state-machine examples
+    + +, - maybe part of instance name
+    + Quasi-saturation VDMOS example
+    + add environmental variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to allow reproducible executables
+    + new parameters to command setplot: setplot next, setplot previous
+    + updates to commands cd, rusage, print
+    + update to bipolar and diode temperature equations
+
+- Bug fixes:
+    + several bug fixes
+    + lots of memory leaks removed, especially when XSPICE circuits are called several
+      times in a loop.
+
+
 Ngspice-28, May 27th, 2018
 ============
 
diff --git a/README.adms b/README.adms
index 8b374be49..f35063a67 100644
--- a/README.adms
+++ b/README.adms
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ admsXml (see below).
 Unfortunately most of the above named models’ licenses are not compatible to free software
 rules as defined by DFSG. Therefore since ngspice-28 the va model files are no longer part of
 the standard ngspice distribution. They may however be downloaded as a tar.gz archive from the
-ngspice-28 file distribution folder. After downloading, you may expand the zipped files into
+ngspice-29 file distribution folder. After downloading, you may expand the zipped files into
 your ngspice top level folder. The models enable dc, ac, and tran simulations. Noise simulation
 is not supported.
 Other (foreign) va model files will not compile without code tweaking, due to the limited
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index aed1b2867..dc2c3df60 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # ---------------
 
 # Initialisation of configure
-AC_INIT([ngspice], [28], [http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/bugrep.html])
+AC_INIT([ngspice], [29], [http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/bugrep.html])
 
 # Unique file in the source directory
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/ngspice.c])