diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cdad7e2e2..0fc01557c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+strongswan-5.9.4
+----------------
+
+- Initialize libtpmtss in all programs and library that use it.
+
+
 strongswan-5.9.3
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e334b6839..53940c725 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #  initialize & set some vars
 # ============================
 
-AC_INIT([strongSwan],[5.9.3])
+AC_INIT([strongSwan],[5.9.4dr1])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(m4_esyscmd([
 	echo tar-ustar
 	echo subdir-objects
diff --git a/testing/testing.conf b/testing/testing.conf
index ff962a627..f8d9ec34c 100644
--- a/testing/testing.conf
+++ b/testing/testing.conf
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ fi
 : ${TESTDIR=/srv/strongswan-testing}
 
 # Kernel configuration
-: ${KERNELVERSION=5.13}
+: ${KERNELVERSION=5.13.12}
 : ${KERNEL=linux-$KERNELVERSION}
 : ${KERNELTARBALL=$KERNEL.tar.xz}
 : ${KERNELCONFIG=$DIR/../config/kernel/config-5.13}
 : ${KERNELPATCH=ha-5.10-abicompat.patch.bz2}
 
 # strongSwan version used in tests
-: ${SWANVERSION=5.9.3}
+: ${SWANVERSION=5.9.4dr1}
 
 # Build directory where the guest kernel and images will be built
 : ${BUILDDIR=$TESTDIR/build}