diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b5ee83c84..a377596f1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-2.42 (0000-00-00)
+2.42 (2015-10-06)
 Application:
 - Translations updated: Czech, French, Russian.
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Libraries:
   values simultaneously.
 - libprocess: Range and total variation can be now calculated by
   gwy_data_field_area_get_line_stats().
-- libgwyapp: File thumbnails (for document history) are create from volume
+- libgwyapp: File thumbnails (for document history) are created from volume
   data when the file does not contain any channels.
 - libgwyapp: Data browser displays ‘Z’ for volume data with z-calibration.
 - libgwyapp: New function to find window for volume data by id was added.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b7ed333a1..abaf7232c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # @(#) $Id$
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 m4_define([gwy_version_major],[2])
-m4_define([gwy_version_minor],[41])
+m4_define([gwy_version_minor],[42])
 m4_define([gwy_version_string],[gwy_version_major.gwy_version_minor])
 AC_INIT([Gwyddion], [gwy_version_string], [klapetek@gwyddion.net])
 # Use -release for unstable version libs instead of -version-info, because
diff --git a/utils/gwyddion-night-build b/utils/gwyddion-night-build
index 98abb69ec..26b9540cf 100755
--- a/utils/gwyddion-night-build
+++ b/utils/gwyddion-night-build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # @(#) $Id$
 #disabled=  set this from shell when running to disable some stages
 pkgname=gwyddion
-basever=2.41
+basever=2.42
 projectdir=$PWD
 logdir=$projectdir/../buildlog
 installprefix=$HOME/opt/gwyddion