diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f7c76d88..f6c2c821 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-05  Curtis Gedak  <gedakc@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.in: gparted-0.4.2
+	  ===================================================
+
 2009-01-28  Curtis Gedak  <gedakc@gmail.com>
 
 	* src/GParted_Core.cc: Fixed partition type for linux-swap(new).
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 77d62a93..733a9ff2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,45 @@
+====================
+0.4.2   (2009-02-05)
+====================
+NOTES
+	This big news for this GParted release is support for ext4 file systems,
+	and the addition of an application help manual.
+	
+	Key changes include:
+	  - Added support for ext4 file system
+	    - Support for ext4 is built into version 2.6.28 of the Linux kernel
+	    - e2fsprogs version 1.41.0 or higher required
+	  - Created application help manual
+	  - Updated gparted manual page
+	  - Made text beside field labels selectable (i.e., copy/paste UUID)
+	  - Added lvm2 physical volume detection
+	  - Reduced file system information disk reads to improve performance
+	  - Fixed application crash when saving details and locale not set
+	  - Enhanced copy/paste checks when MBR/EBR involved
+
+BUG FIXES
+	* Added additional category to desktop file (#568937)
+	* Created application help manual (#329584)
+	* Reworded caution message when applying operations (#564952)
+	* Recognized linux-swap(new)/(old) as linux-swap (#419515)
+	* Improved text for libparted not found error message (#565682) 
+	* Added support for ext4 file system (#503112)
+	* Removed doubled space in front of fdl license link (#556114)
+	* Added lvm2 physical volume detection (small part of #160787)
+
+TRANSLATIONS (new/updated)
+	* ca(David Planella), cs(Adrian Gunis), de(Mario Blättermann),
+	  el(Evgenia Petoumenou), es(Jorge Gonzalez), fr(Claude Paroz),
+	  it(Milo Casagrande), pl(Tomasz Dominikowski),
+	  pt_BR(Fábio Nogueira, Fabrício Godoy, Leonardo Gregianin,
+	        Leonardo Ferreira Fontenelle, Djavan Fagundes),
+	  sk(Pavol Klačanský), sv(Daniel Nylander),
+	  th(Pongpichit Panna, Theppitak Karoonboonyanan)
+
+DEPENDENCIES (new/updated)
+	* e2fsprogs v1.41.0 or higher required for ext4 file system support
+
+
 ====================
 0.4.1   (2008-11-29)
 ====================
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ad72b483..97754f55 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([gparted],[0.4.1-svn],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/simple-bug-guide.cgi?product=gparted])
+AC_INIT([gparted],[0.4.2],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/simple-bug-guide.cgi?product=gparted])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.cc)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
diff --git a/help/ChangeLog b/help/ChangeLog
index 610141b4..c9c4035a 100644
--- a/help/ChangeLog
+++ b/help/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-2009-04-05  Jonh Wendell  <jwendell@gnome.org>
+2009-02-05  Curtis Gedak  <gedakc@gmail.com>
+
+	* gparted-0.4.2
+	  ===================================================
+
+2009-02-05  Jonh Wendell  <jwendell@gnome.org>
 
 	* pt_BR/pt_BR.po: Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation by Fabrício Godoy.
 	* pt_BR/figures: Added pt_BR screenshot.
diff --git a/po/ChangeLog b/po/ChangeLog
index 9ac7b2b3..4252ae66 100644
--- a/po/ChangeLog
+++ b/po/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-05  Curtis Gedak  <gedakc@gmail.com>
+
+	* gparted-0.4.2
+	  ===================================================
+
 2009-02-02  Jonh Wendell  <jwendell@gnome.org>
 
 	* pt_BR.po: Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation by Djavan Fagundes.