diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ae605ee3f..099e1f07f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+v0.4.2
+* Improvements to the clustering documents
+* Set content-type properly on errors (#469)
+* Standbys re-join if they should be part of the cluster (#810, #815, #818)
+
 v0.4.1
 * Re-introduce DELETE on the machines endpoint
 * Document the machines endpoint
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e3d20773d..779cdc9f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # etcd
 
-README version 0.4.1
+README version 0.4.2
 
 A highly-available key value store for shared configuration and service discovery.
 etcd is inspired by [Apache ZooKeeper][zookeeper] and [doozer][doozer], with a focus on being:
diff --git a/server/release_version.go b/server/release_version.go
index 1bfe3c5e7..0f2a8c48b 100644
--- a/server/release_version.go
+++ b/server/release_version.go
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package server
 
-const ReleaseVersion = "0.4.1+git"
+const ReleaseVersion = "0.4.2"