diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3dc23ed14c..6e3038f3ba 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ Release notes take the form of the following optional categories:
 * Bug fixes
 * Cleanups
 
+portage-3.0.66.1 (2024-09-18)
+--------------
+
+Bug fixes:
+* JobStatusDisplay: Fix width of display. Notable with the new 'merge wait'
+  metric.
+
+* install-qa-check.d: 90config-impl-decl: Skip various false positives.
+
 portage-3.0.66 (2024-09-11)
 --------------
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c6f8303d25..42ec97310c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
     'portage',
     'c',
-    version : '3.0.66',
+    version : '3.0.66.1',
     license : 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
     meson_version : '>=0.58.0'
 )