diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 347f5833ee..9df886c42a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.4.1
+1.4.2
diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 975644d612..ff9b754858 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	clientIdentifier = "Geth" // Client identifier to advertise over the network
-	versionMajor     = 1      // Major version component of the current release
-	versionMinor     = 4      // Minor version component of the current release
-	versionPatch     = 1      // Patch version component of the current release
-	versionMeta      = "rc"   // Version metadata to append to the version string
+	clientIdentifier = "Geth"   // Client identifier to advertise over the network
+	versionMajor     = 1        // Major version component of the current release
+	versionMinor     = 4        // Minor version component of the current release
+	versionPatch     = 2        // Patch version component of the current release
+	versionMeta      = "stable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 
 	versionOracle = "0xfa7b9770ca4cb04296cac84f37736d4041251cdf" // Ethereum address of the Geth release oracle
 )