diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 4e4089de..66bee966 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Change Log
 All relevant changes are documented in this file.
 
 
-[4.2][UNRELEASED]
+[4.2][] - 2022-01-16
 --------------------
 
 ### Changes
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ All relevant changes are documented in this file.
   `NAME`, or all enabled system run/tasks and services
 * Show number of total restarts and current respawn count for a
   service in `initctl status foo`
+* Crashing services no longer have the crash/restart counter reset as
+  soon as they have stabilized.  Instead, a background timer will
+  slowly (every 300 sec) age (decrement) the counter.  This will still
+  catch services that "rage quit", but also those that crash after a
+  longer period of activity
 
 ### Fixes
 * Fix #180: user managed (`manual:yes`) services accidentally started
@@ -1033,7 +1038,7 @@ Major bug fix release.
 
 * Initial release
 
-[UNRELEASED]: https://github.com/troglobit/finit/compare/4.1...HEAD
+[UNRELEASED]: https://github.com/troglobit/finit/compare/4.2...HEAD
 [4.2]: https://github.com/troglobit/finit/compare/4.1...4.2
 [4.1]: https://github.com/troglobit/finit/compare/4.0...4.1
 [4.0]: https://github.com/troglobit/finit/compare/3.1...4.0
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8fe2fd23..2d98b97a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT(Finit, 4.2-rc1, https://github.com/troglobit/finit/issues, finit, https://troglobit.com/finit.html)
+AC_INIT(Finit, 4.2, https://github.com/troglobit/finit/issues, finit, https://troglobit.com/finit.html)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(aux)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.11 foreign dist-xz subdir-objects])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])