diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/NEWS b/src/frontends/gnome/NEWS
index ea1117d03..3bf8a014d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/NEWS
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+NetworkManager-strongswan-1.6.3
+-------------------------------
+
+- Fix configure/linker issue when not using GNU libtool
+- Update URL in metainfo
+
 NetworkManager-strongswan-1.6.2
 -------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac b/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
index 53266a7c8..7b9f9eff5 100644
--- a/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
+++ b/src/frontends/gnome/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 
-AC_INIT([NetworkManager-strongswan],[1.6.2],[info@strongswan.org],[NetworkManager-strongswan])
+AC_INIT([NetworkManager-strongswan],[1.6.3],[info@strongswan.org],[NetworkManager-strongswan])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE