diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 668e3fbee..ae435d21e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.8.4
+=====
+- renamed org.freedesktop.FileManager1.service.in to
+ org.xfce.Thunar.FileManager1.service.in to avoid name clashes (Bug #12414)
+- Exit when name org.freedesktop.filemanager1 lost on message-dbus (Bug #15088)
+- Translation updates: Bengali, Catalan, Portuguese
+
 1.8.3
 =====
 - Thunar sometimes mounts USB drives with root permission (Bug #14719)
diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index 33364d88d..067af58eb 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ m4_define([thunarx_verinfo], [0:0:0])
 m4_define([thunarx_version_api], [3])
 m4_define([thunar_version_major], [1])
 m4_define([thunar_version_minor], [8])
-m4_define([thunar_version_micro], [3])
+m4_define([thunar_version_micro], [4])
 m4_define([thunar_version_nano], [])
 m4_define([thunar_version_build], [@REVISION@])
-m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [git])
+m4_define([thunar_version_tag], [])
 m4_define([thunar_version], [thunar_version_major().thunar_version_minor().thunar_version_micro()ifelse(thunar_version_nano(), [], [], [.thunar_version_nano()])ifelse(thunar_version_tag(), [git], [thunar_version_tag()-thunar_version_build()], [thunar_version_tag()])])
 
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