diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index a026a795..ac338101 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: odbc
 Title: Connect to ODBC Compatible Databases (using the DBI Interface)
-Version: 1.4.1.9000
+Version: 1.4.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jim", "Hester", role = "aut"),
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", , "hadley@posit.co", role = c("aut", "cre")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# odbc (development version)
+# odbc 1.4.2
 
 * `dbAppendTable()` Improve performance by checking existence once (#691).