diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 25c7808..1ac83ec 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -6,11 +6,20 @@
 Starting with version 1.8.0, pybind11 releases use a `semantic versioning
 <http://semver.org>`_ policy.
 
+v2.4.2 (Sep 21, 2019)
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+* Replaced usage of a C++14 only construct. `#1929
+  <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1929>`_.
+
+* Made an ifdef future-proof for Python >= 4. `f3109d
+  <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/commit/f3109d>`_.
+
 v2.4.1 (Sep 20, 2019)
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
 * Fixed a problem involving implicit conversion from enumerations to integers
-  on Python 3.8. `1780 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1780>`_.
+  on Python 3.8. `#1780 <https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/pull/1780>`_.
 
 v2.4.0 (Sep 19, 2019)
 -----------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 040b896..b071d2c 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.4.dev2'
+release = '2.4.2'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 6ed75b6..0a6792e 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
 #define PYBIND11_VERSION_MAJOR 2
 #define PYBIND11_VERSION_MINOR 4
-#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH dev2
+#define PYBIND11_VERSION_PATCH 2
 
 /// Include Python header, disable linking to pythonX_d.lib on Windows in debug mode
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
diff --git a/pybind11/_version.py b/pybind11/_version.py
index 326c913..492138e 100644
--- a/pybind11/_version.py
+++ b/pybind11/_version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (2, 4, 'dev2')
+version_info = (2, 4, 2)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))