diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1669083..13be7a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.4.2] - 2026-08-21
+
+### Changed
+- A test asserted which lookup path resolved a real licence, which is ospac's
+  data to decide. ospac 1.7.0 moved one spelling between paths and the test
+  failed on a release nobody here made. It now builds its own alias and asserts
+  the mechanism instead of upstream's contents.
+
 ### Fixed
 - The promise that a vague licence name is never guessed at was being kept by
   ospac's omission rather than by this tool. `NEVER_RESOLVE` held two entries;
@@ -26,12 +34,6 @@ follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   behalf, not the person running it. `never_resolve` in the same overlay is the
   more specific statement and still wins.
 
-### Changed
-- A test asserted which lookup path resolved a real licence, which is ospac's
-  data to decide. ospac 1.7.0 moved one spelling between paths and the test
-  failed on a release nobody here made. It now builds its own alias and asserts
-  the mechanism instead of upstream's contents.
-
 ## [2.4.1] - 2026-08-21
 
 ### Changed
@@ -785,7 +787,8 @@ profile-driven `ossbomer` distribution.
   classification moves to `ospac`; package risk to a forthcoming open PURL API).
 - ~2 MB of bundled SPDX/CycloneDX schema files (the parser libraries carry their own).
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/SemClone/ossbomer/compare/v2.4.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/SemClone/ossbomer/compare/v2.4.2...HEAD
+[2.4.2]: https://github.com/SemClone/ossbomer/compare/v2.4.1...v2.4.2
 [2.4.1]: https://github.com/SemClone/ossbomer/compare/v2.4.0...v2.4.1
 [2.4.0]: https://github.com/SemClone/ossbomer/compare/v2.3.1...v2.4.0
 [2.3.1]: https://github.com/SemClone/ossbomer/compare/v2.3.0...v2.3.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d4f5922..09fa354 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "ossbomer"
-version = "2.4.1"
+version = "2.4.2"
 description = "Profile-driven SBOM validation, conformance, and license policy (SPDX / CycloneDX)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/src/ossbomer/__init__.py b/src/ossbomer/__init__.py
index a4e428c..e3d7c2f 100644
--- a/src/ossbomer/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ossbomer/__init__.py
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
     - plugins  (code): new BOM types (aiBOM, eBOM, cBOM, ...) ship as optional libs
 """
 
-__version__ = "2.4.1"
+__version__ = "2.4.2"