diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.4.md b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
index 703e3e521f14a1f2ceea3c105c09164d57c7db33..528c07701664b35ced89212e614a228a121e265a 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.4.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ For developers:
     on MacPorts in cases where the build was interrupted. Notice that this only works for patches without special
     after/before patch/revert functions.
 
-## Version 2.4.2 (coming soon)
+## Version 2.4.2 (Jul 2, 2018)
 
 For users:
   - All fixes done in version 2.3.6. Notice that \issue{363} in version 2.4 also applies to \ref pathtools.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f993087ba93c37175214e50088d1c62dfb8248c0..b35e880e708150787308007cae72a15677b00f2e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed info --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed info --long-version" will return the full string
-2.4.1
+2.4.2