diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9103b0e8d8..73ea4ecb57 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+=== release 0.7.5 ===
+
+2004-02-26  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* configure.ac: release 0.7.5, "Under The Sea"
+
 2004-02-25  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gst/audioconvert/gstaudioconvert.c: (gst_audio_convert_link),
@@ -189,7 +195,7 @@
 
 2004-02-22 Ramon Garcia <ramon_garcia_f@yahoo.com>
 
-        * configure.ac: Export only gst_plugin_desc from plugins.
+	* configure.ac: Export only gst_plugin_desc from plugins.
          Note that this change only makes any effect with Linux using libtool 
 	 1.5.2 or higher. Otherwise it is silently ignored, but it would build
          fine. And don't try to have several versions of libtool in different
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e44fed0ac8..9d0ffec2dd 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS=ext gst-libs \
 	pkgconfig
 
 EXTRA_DIST=gst-plugins.spec depcomp \
-	   AUTHORS COPYING COPYING.LIB README REQUIREMENTS \
+	   AUTHORS COPYING COPYING.LIB README RELEASE REQUIREMENTS \
 	   ChangeLog autogen.sh common m4
 
 DISTCLEANFILES=_stdint.h
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e69de29bb2..91f6f03d84 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+This is GStreamer Plugins 0.7.5
+
+Changes since 0.7.5: 
+    
+      * Compatible with gstreamer 0.7.5
+      * ffmpeg plugin moved to gst-ffmpeg module
+      * DV fixes
+      * mikmod fixes
+      * OSX build fixes
+      * jpeg fixes
+      * gdk_pixbuf fixes
+      * automake 1.8 underquotedness fixes
+      * rfb server/port addition
+      * colorspace fixes
+      * liboil usage in videofilter and videotestsrc
+      * better LADSPA classification
+      * ALSA xrun recovery fixes
+      * switch fixes
+      * xvimagesink fixes
+      * moved out MAS sink
+      * experimental xine lib plugin
+      * intfloat and oneton removed in favour of audioconvert and interleave
+      * only export gst_* from plugins
+      * lame tag writing fixed
+      * added reporting of codecs used
+      * version gconf schemas and install locations
+      * qtdemux fixes
+      * gamma correction fixes
+
+Bugs fixed since 0.7.5:
+    
+      * 129740 : MP4/M4A files not recognized properly
+      * 130507 : Silence/sine don't have a sync property
+      * 131050 : avi-demux plays audio, but funky colors as video
+      * 131534 : jhbuild build failure with Debian sid
+      * 131948 : xoverlay and gstplay sample fails to build - missing include
+      * 133219 : missing include in ./gst/effectv/gstedge.c
+      * 133316 : gst/vbidec/vbiscreen missing cast
+      * 133410 : gstid3tag doesnt handle track-count
+      * 133508 : [oggdemux] Can't play files with multiple streams
+      * 133528 : sincesrc seems not to register its dparams correctly
+      * 133562 : Build breaks on dvdec
+      * 133663 : ext/ladspa categorises all plugins as Filter/Effect
+      * 133886 : libtool error while compiling alsamixer plug-in
+      * 134255 : vbidec won't compile
+      * 134318 : GConf schemas should be in versioned files, and install in v
+      * 134322 : gst/intfloat/gstint2float.c forgets to include "inttypes.h"
+      * 134612 : ext/gdk_pixbuf/Makefile: error in target install-loaderLTLIB
+      * 134750 : Problem building gst-plugins on Solaris
+      * 134894 : vorbisdec signals tags with bitrate < 1 (ie not set)
+      * 135038 : port gst-shorten to the new caps system
+      * 135042 : fix tag writing in lame
+      * 135116 : gstflacenc.c fails to build in NetBSD
diff --git a/common b/common
index 0945c85c4c..874dab5c34 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0945c85c4c9139e2e5b8e04d0fc841b8aa1e6e9b
+Subproject commit 874dab5c3461ad7487f1ae029256b6da82dddf6d
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ab4de2a84d..553f8f9976 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 dnl when going to/from release please set the nano (fourth number) right !
 dnl releases only do Wall, cvs and prerelease does Werror too
-AS_VERSION(gst-plugins, GST_PLUGINS_VERSION, 0, 7, 4, 1, GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
+AS_VERSION(gst-plugins, GST_PLUGINS_VERSION, 0, 7, 5, 1, GST_CVS="no", GST_CVS="yes")
 
 dnl add a suffix to apps
 if test x$program_suffix = xNONE ; then