diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0895690a5..e910cfb50 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+42.0
+====
+
+Translators:
+  Fabio Tomat [fur], Alexander Shopov [bg]
+
 42.rc
 =====
 * Fix X11 → wayland drops ending up in the wrong wayland client [Olivier; !2305]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 94dc2ab3c..6ef7bde92 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('mutter', 'c',
-  version: '42.rc',
+  version: '42.0',
   meson_version: '>= 0.55.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )