diff --git a/CRAN-RELEASE b/CRAN-RELEASE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95418341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRAN-RELEASE
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This package was submitted to CRAN on 2021-08-03.
+Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit 1038c01).
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 8c6180d3..fe944f86 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: nflfastR
 Title: Functions to Efficiently Access NFL Play by Play Data
-Version: 4.1.0.9008
+Version: 4.2.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Sebastian",
              family = "Carl",
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Suggests:
     httr,
     jsonlite,
     purrr (>= 0.3.0),
-    qs (>= 0.23.5),
+    qs (>= 0.25.1),
     rmarkdown,
     RSQLite,
     testthat
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e9883a39..39a49b76 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# nflfastR (development version)
+# nflfastR 4.2.0
 
 * All `wpa` variables are `NA` on end game line
 * All `wp` variables are 0, 0.5, 1, or `NA` on end game line
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index 564d97de..04c94dd2 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 ## Release summary
 
-This is a major release that 
-* deprecates function arguments
-* adds a new exported function
-* cleans the source
-* removes models from sysdata
-* add new exported data
+This is a minor release that 
 * fixes bugs
-
-The latest internal test on CRAN were failing due to changes in the infrastructure
-the package is depending on. We made sure this won't happen in the future.
+* fixes a broken example
 
 ## Test environments
 
-* local R installation, R 4.0.4
+* local R installation, R 4.1.0
 * Debian Linux, R-devel, clang, ISO-8859-15 locale                       
 * Debian Linux, R-devel, GCC                                             
 * Debian Linux, R-devel, GCC, no long double