2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0eb5d7c..dc5ff84 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+### mate-system-monitor 1.24.0
+
+  * filter-out conflictive c-format comments
+  * Fix 'msgstr' is not a valid C format string, unlike 'msgid'
+
 ### mate-system-monitor 1.23.1
 
   * Translations update
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e8c91d8..5dc5d1b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 
 AC_INIT([mate-system-monitor],
-	[1.23.1],
+	[1.24.0],
         [https://mate-desktop.org/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(configure.ac)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)