diff --git a/RELEASES b/RELEASES
index 19f8e4ae2..a0da45f77 100644
--- a/RELEASES
+++ b/RELEASES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # in the form <version> <date>.  If you update the version field (in
 # configure.ac) you must also add the current date to this file.
 
+1.46.2    2021-12-24
 1.46.1    2021-12-09
 1.46.0    2021-09-23
 1.45.7    2021-08-31
diff --git a/common b/common
index 5c7af042f..9ec7cd8e2 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5c7af042f283ecf040d9a4f3e87cfdc5d756e72f
+Subproject commit 9ec7cd8e23b5452609536c5148ad52e5c9ceb6ac
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c21ea107d..4d4c62386 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
 m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [46])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [1])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [2])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index b37e937d3..112a21a22 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.46.1\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.46.2\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-12-09 17:24+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2021-12-24 10:08+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -3983,56 +3983,56 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "unable to parse domain capabilities XML returned by libvirt"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1448
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1470
 msgid "‘iface’ parameter is not supported by the libvirt backend"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1494 lib/launch-libvirt.c:1752 lib/qemu.c:822
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1516 lib/launch-libvirt.c:1774 lib/qemu.c:822
 #, c-format
 msgid "realpath: could not convert ‘%s’ to absolute path"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1577
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1599
 msgid ""
 "libvirt does not support the qemu curl driver protocols (ftp, http, etc.); "
 "try setting LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1963
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1989
 msgid "could not define libvirt secret"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1974
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2000
 msgid "rbd protocol secret must be base64 encoded"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1978
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2004
 #, c-format
 msgid "base64_decode_alloc: %m"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:1999
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2025
 msgid "could not set libvirt secret value"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2012
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2038
 msgid "could not get UUID from libvirt secret"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2185
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2211
 msgid "could not destroy libvirt domain"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2206 lib/launch-libvirt.c:2239
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2232 lib/launch-libvirt.c:2265
 #, c-format
 msgid "%s: internal error forming error message"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2305
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2331
 msgid "could not attach disk to libvirt domain"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2336
+#: lib/launch-libvirt.c:2362
 msgid "could not detach disk from libvirt domain"
 msgstr ""