diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d0fba4e..68a3a67 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Starting from 3.25.4, we provide release notes through the
+AppData file. As such, app stores (like GNOME Software)
+can show release notes to users.
+
+Human-readable textual output (similar to this file)
+can easily be generated with the following command:
+
+$ appstream-util appdata-to-news data/org.gnome.Contacts.appdata.xml
+
+
+==================
+
 Major changes in 3.22.1:
 * Translation updates
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7c89e97..27c5d32 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.67])
-AC_INIT([gnome-contacts],[3.22.1],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-contacts])
+AC_INIT([gnome-contacts],[3.25.4],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-contacts])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.vala])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Contacts.appdata.xml.in b/data/org.gnome.Contacts.appdata.xml.in
index b6fa257..00f033c 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Contacts.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Contacts.appdata.xml.in
@@ -24,6 +24,33 @@
     </image>
     </screenshot>
   </screenshots>
+
+  <releases>
+    <release date="2017-07-17" version="3.25.4">
+      <description>
+        <p>
+          This is an unstable release in the 3.25 development series,
+          with the following improvements:
+        </p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Contacts now provides its own application icon</li>
+          <li>Small UI improvements to the avatar chooser dialog</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>
+          The following bugs are also fixed:
+        </p>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Folks now requires version 11.4 or higher</li>
+          <li>Migrated away from intltool and libgd</li>
+          <li>Got rid of a bunch of warnings and critical messsages</li>
+          <li>Use the locale to translate months</li>
+          <li>Added git.mk to automagically create .gitignores</li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>This release also updates translations in several languages.</p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
+  </releases>
+
   <kudos>
     <kudo>AppMenu</kudo>
     <kudo>HiDpiIcon</kudo>