diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 04d5d91abb12794f003856f4554c4ad9b2a2dc1a..aaa3f0811875d4313ba3d1f41cced7fd16990776 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Drupal 7.42, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
+Drupal 7.42, 2016-02-03
 -----------------------
 - Stopped invoking hook_flush_caches() on every cron run, since some modules
   use that hook for expensive operations that are only needed on cache clears.
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 940eaa53db8cd4b20b057d27ec9cc1f23cace9aa..af88ffe4ecaa679c8cc6b85eecc08b34cceeb387 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /**
  * The current system version.
  */
-define('VERSION', '7.42-dev');
+define('VERSION', '7.42');
 
 /**
  * Core API compatibility.