diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 47e1b062c0..c4c858d8cf 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+7.0.0-dev.57 | 2024-03-13 10:17:48 -0700
+
+  * Add community contributions for the 6.2 timeframe to NEWS. [skip ci] (Christian Kreibich, Corelight)
+
 7.0.0-dev.54 | 2024-03-12 10:31:19 +0100
 
   * GH-3640: Expr: Handle TYPE_VOID in SizeExpr and AssignExpr::Typecheck() (Arne Welzel, Corelight)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6d559b54e8..31a55abffc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ Deprecated Functionality
 Zeek 6.2.0
 ==========
 
+We would like to thank Anthony Verez (netantho), Bijoy Das (mute019), Jan
+Grashöfer (J-Gras), Matti Bispham (mbispham), Phil Rzewski (philrz), and
+xb-anssi for their contributions to this release.
+
 Breaking Changes
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bca4904f5f..c446958739 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.0.0-dev.54
+7.0.0-dev.57