diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 9a67012641e..4e378c62a8b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ This file contains the main features as well as overviews of specific
 bug fixes (and other actions) for each version of Libfabric since
 version 1.0.
 
-v1.4.2, Fri May  5, 2017
+v1.4.2, Fri May 12, 2017
 ========================
 
 ## Core
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a49ac7e4da0..43879b12c66 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([libfabric], [1.4.2rc1], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
+AC_INIT([libfabric], [1.4.2], [ofiwg@lists.openfabrics.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/fabric.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR(config)