diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6602fb729b..44b1a791c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-16  Chris Lyttle  <chris@wilddev.net>
+
+	* NEWS: Added some text about the release.
+	* configure.in: Change to version 1.9.5
+
 2006-04-16  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	* src/business/business-gnome/glade/choose-owner.glade:
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 53a6562c93..aee65f399c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
 Version history:
 ------- -------
 
+ 1.9.5 - 16 Apr 2006
+ 	 o Welcome to GnuCash 1.9.5 aka "The final countdown begins" the sixth
+	 of several unstable releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
+	 Software which will eventually lead to the stable version 2.0.0. This
+	 release contains many bugfixes since the fifth release but is still
+	 only intended for developers and adventurous testers who want to help
+	 tracking down bugs.
+	 o WARNING WARNING WARNING - Make sure you make backups of any files
+	 used in testing versions of GnuCash in the 1.9.x series. Although the
+	 developers go to great lengths to ensure that no data will be lost we
+	 cannot guarentee that your data will not be affected if for some
+	 reason GnuCash crashes in testing these releases.
+	 o PLEASE TEST TEST AND TEST SOME MORE any and all features important
+	 to you. Then post any bugs you find to bugzilla
+	 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GnuCash
+	 o Major bugfixes include -
+	 o More Register fixes.
+	 o Fixes to Scheduled Transactions.
+	 o Report fixes.
+	 o Make the entire UI insensitive when the progress bar is showing.
+	 o Fixes for currencies and currency quote retrievals.
+	 o Lots of Qof fixes.
+	 o Profiling fixes to improve speed and response.
+	 o Memory leak fixes.
+	 o Fixes for 64-bit compiles.
+	 o Add a per-account "hidden" flag.
+	 o Fixes to compile with gcc4.
+	 o Fixes to xml file format.
+
  1.9.4 - 05 Apr 2006
  	 o Welcome to GnuCash 1.9.4 aka "Better late than never" the fifth of
 	 several unstable releases of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 14b7f28798..9371fcab6f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 # Autoconf initialization
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([gnucash], [1.9.4], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
+AC_INIT([gnucash], [1.9.5], [gnucash-devel@gnucash.org])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/engine/Transaction.h)