diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a90dc674..26990a68 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.2.42](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/compare/cc-v1.2.41...cc-v1.2.42) - 2025-10-24
+
+### Other
+
+- Fix check-semver-checks ([#1600](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1600))
+- minor improvement for docs ([#1598](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1598))
+- Fix linker-plugin-lto: use `-flto=thin` ([#1594](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1594))
+- Disable check-buildstd for armv7k-apple-watchos ([#1599](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1599))
+- Add elf abi to ppc64 targets ([#1596](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/pull/1596))
+
 ## [1.2.41](https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/compare/cc-v1.2.40...cc-v1.2.41) - 2025-10-10
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 74558501..94ad1217 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.41"
+version = "1.2.42"
 authors = ["Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs"