diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5d00ebaf..146d6035 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -9,6 +9,28 @@
 
 ## 0.7 (current master/dev)
 
+#### 0.7.5
+
+- GR: LaTeX support
+- Changed docs url to juliaplots.github.io
+- added `contourf` seriestype
+- allow `plt[1]` to return first Subplot
+- allow `sp[1]` to return the first Series of the Subplot
+- `series[k]` now passes through to `series.d[k]`
+- allow calling `plot!(sp, ...)` to update a target Subplot
+- PyPlot: zorder fix
+- new DataFrames logic/recipe: more flexible/robust and allow Symbols for:
+	- `(:fillrange, :line_z, :marker_z, :markersize, :ribbon, :weights, :xerror, :yerror)`
+- new `display_type` and `extra_kwargs` plot attributes
+- surface fix
+
+#### 0.7.4
+
+- added snooped precompiles, but left commented out
+- GR fixes: markersize, shapes, legends
+- fixes to recipes
+- turned on Appveyor
+
 #### 0.7.3
 
 - rebuild violin and boxplot recipes
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index 1b911499..79363e60 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ default(size=(500,300))
 # TODO: use julia's Condition type and the wait() and notify() functions to initialize a Window, then wait() on a condition that
 #       is referenced in a button press callback (the button clicked callback will call notify() on that condition)
 
-const _current_plots_version = v"0.7.5"
+const _current_plots_version = v"0.7.6"
 
 
 function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)