diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f59b55f5..064e5618 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+42.0
+====
+
+Translators:
+  Philipp Kiemle [de], Balázs Úr [hu], Марко Костић [sr], sicklylife [ja],
+  Baurzhan Muftakhidinov [kk]
+
 42.rc
 =====
 * Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian; !215, !218]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8cfa4692..dff352a1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '42.rc',
+  version: '42.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPL2+'
 )