diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 51d22156e4..4377121819 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 73.0.1
+current_version = 74.0.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 3c36fbfa5a..6bb9eeaf57 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+v74.0.0
+=======
+
+Features
+--------
+
+- Changed the type of error raised by ``setuptools.command.easy_install.CommandSpec.from_param`` on unsupported argument from `AttributeError` to `TypeError` -- by :user:`Avasam` (#4548)
+- Added detection of ARM64 variant of MSVC -- by :user:`saschanaz` (#4553)
+- Made ``setuptools.package_index.Credential`` a `typing.NamedTuple` -- by :user:`Avasam` (#4585)
+- Reraise error from ``setuptools.command.easy_install.auto_chmod`` instead of nonsensical ``TypeError: 'Exception' object is not subscriptable`` -- by :user:`Avasam` (#4593)
+- Fully typed all collection attributes in ``pkg_resources`` -- by :user:`Avasam` (#4598)
+- Automatically exclude ``.tox|.nox|.venv`` directories from ``sdist``. (#4603)
+
+
+Deprecations and Removals
+-------------------------
+
+- Removed the monkeypatching of distutils._msvccompiler. Now all compiler logic is consolidated in distutils. (#4600)
+- Synced with pypa/distutils@58fe058e4, including consolidating Visual Studio 2017 support (#4600, pypa/distutils#289), removal of deprecated legacy MSVC compiler modules (pypa/distutils#287), suppressing of errors when the home directory is missing (pypa/distutils#278), removal of wininst binaries (pypa/distutils#282). (#4606)
+
+
+Misc
+----
+
+- #4592
+
+
 v73.0.1
 =======
 
diff --git a/newsfragments/4548.feature.rst b/newsfragments/4548.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fcf5f4377..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4548.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Changed the type of error raised by ``setuptools.command.easy_install.CommandSpec.from_param`` on unsupported argument from `AttributeError` to `TypeError` -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/newsfragments/4553.feature.rst b/newsfragments/4553.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ea1eeac9..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4553.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Added detection of ARM64 variant of MSVC -- by :user:`saschanaz`
diff --git a/newsfragments/4585.feature.rst b/newsfragments/4585.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 566bca75f8..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4585.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Made ``setuptools.package_index.Credential`` a `typing.NamedTuple` -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/newsfragments/4592.misc.rst b/newsfragments/4592.misc.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 79d36a9d82..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4592.misc.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-If somehow the ``EXT_SUFFIX`` configuration variable and ``SETUPTOOLS_EXT_SUFFIX`` environment variables are both missing, ``setuptools.command.build_ext.pyget_ext_filename`` will now raise an `OSError` instead of a `TypeError` -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/newsfragments/4593.feature.rst b/newsfragments/4593.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 4e3e4ed66b..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4593.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Reraise error from ``setuptools.command.easy_install.auto_chmod`` instead of nonsensical ``TypeError: 'Exception' object is not subscriptable`` -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/newsfragments/4598.feature.rst b/newsfragments/4598.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ee2ea40dfe..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4598.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fully typed all collection attributes in ``pkg_resources`` -- by :user:`Avasam`
diff --git a/newsfragments/4600.removal.rst b/newsfragments/4600.removal.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 9164225381..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4600.removal.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Removed the monkeypatching of distutils._msvccompiler. Now all compiler logic is consolidated in distutils.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/newsfragments/4603.feature.rst b/newsfragments/4603.feature.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 45dde0b5ad..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4603.feature.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Automatically exclude ``.tox|.nox|.venv`` directories from ``sdist``.
diff --git a/newsfragments/4606.removal.rst b/newsfragments/4606.removal.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 682bc193e6..0000000000
--- a/newsfragments/4606.removal.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Synced with pypa/distutils@58fe058e4, including consolidating Visual Studio 2017 support (#4600, pypa/distutils#289), removal of deprecated legacy MSVC compiler modules (pypa/distutils#287), suppressing of errors when the home directory is missing (pypa/distutils#278), removal of wininst binaries (pypa/distutils#282).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fbcd4b48ef..cee3b55fde 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ backend-path = ["."]
 
 [project]
 name = "setuptools"
-version = "73.0.1"
+version = "74.0.0"
 authors = [
 	{ name = "Python Packaging Authority", email = "distutils-sig@python.org" },
 ]