diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6be1131..8a3c653 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+Overview of changes in GLib 2.42.2
+==================================
+
+* Bugs fixed:
+ 712570 Hang in g_threaded_socket_service_func
+ 719455 g_file_make_directory_with_parents() can erroneously throw...
+ 727829 win32: glibconfig.h.win32 updates
+ 734946 Implement GContentType on OSX
+ 741024 glist: Mention that g_list_length() is bad for checking li...
+ 741654 [patch] gobject: don't use G_STRLOC in G_OBJECT_WARN_INVAL...
+ 741788 Document GSettings build system integration
+ 741807 Add thread name support on OS X and iOS
+ 742851 avoid MSVC warnings in G_STMT_END
+ 743508 polkitd fails to start: patch for gio/gcredentialsprivate.h
+ 743936 handle unsigned modifier for long long in internal printf
+
+* Translation updates:
+ Swedish
+
+
 Overview of changes in GLib 2.42.1
 ==================================
 
@@ -8,7 +28,7 @@
  736806 gtask: Fix reference count loop causing leaks
  737143 Include <stdint.h> in glib/valgrind.h
  738170 g_byte_array_new_take() doesn't initialize array->alloc
- 738197 g_cond_timed_wait() doesn't time out on Mac OS X 
+ 738197 g_cond_timed_wait() doesn't time out on Mac OS X
 
 * Translation updates:
  Bengali (India)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6147abe..67a766f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 
 m4_define([glib_major_version], [2])
 m4_define([glib_minor_version], [42])
-m4_define([glib_micro_version], [1])
-m4_define([glib_interface_age], [1])
+m4_define([glib_micro_version], [2])
+m4_define([glib_interface_age], [2])
 m4_define([glib_binary_age],
           [m4_eval(100 * glib_minor_version + glib_micro_version)])
 m4_define([glib_version],