diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b32b77bb..8573a9c4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+1.4.2 - Jan 03 2024
+===================
+Features:
+* remove size limit on external command argument length
+* performance improvements when having lots of comments
+
+Changed:
+* write objects.precache into a tmp file first
+* increased CURRENT_NEB_API_VERSION to 6 (neb modules need to be rebuild)
+
+Bugfixes:
+* fix build error on fedora
+* fix latency calculation having negative value sometimes
+
+
 1.4.1 - Feb 01 2023
 ===================
 Features:
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0d06d828..124c7dd6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+naemon-core (1.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * new upstream release
+
+ -- Naemon Development Team <naemon-dev@monitoring-lists.org>  Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:00:04 +0100
+
 naemon-core (1.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * new upstream release
diff --git a/naemon-core.spec b/naemon-core.spec
index a4a01747..53164386 100644
--- a/naemon-core.spec
+++ b/naemon-core.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Summary: Open Source Host, Service And Network Monitoring Program
 Name: naemon-core
-Version: 1.4.1
+Version: 1.4.2
 Release: 0
 License: GPL-2.0-only
 Group: Applications/System
diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 78cee880..4c93a439 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-VERSION=1.4.1
+VERSION=1.4.2
 if test -e .git; then
     if hash git 2>/dev/null; then
         VERSION=$(git describe --tag --exact-match 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/^v//')