diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e62bc5f76b..6ba7d7f44e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Make sure you activated the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.41.1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs:
 
diff --git a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
index da140d415a8..f7f45924875 100644
--- a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+# 1.42.0 (Dec 3rd, 2024)
+
+### Added
+
+- io: add `AsyncFd::{try_io, try_io_mut}` ([#6967])
+
+### Fixed
+
+- io: avoid `ptr->ref->ptr` roundtrip in RegistrationSet ([#6929])
+- runtime: do not defer `yield_now` inside `block_in_place` ([#6999])
+
+### Changes
+
+- io: simplify io readiness logic ([#6966])
+
+### Documented
+
+- net: fix docs for `tokio::net::unix::{pid_t, gid_t, uid_t}` ([#6791])
+- time: fix a typo in `Instant` docs ([#6982])
+
+[#6791]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/6791
+[#6929]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/6929
+[#6966]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/6966
+[#6967]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/6967
+[#6982]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/6982
+[#6999]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/6999
+
 # 1.41.1 (Nov 7th, 2024)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/tokio/Cargo.toml b/tokio/Cargo.toml
index ac789e242f9..73b2deac76c 100644
--- a/tokio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name = "tokio"
 #   - README.md
 # - Update CHANGELOG.md.
 # - Create "v1.x.y" git tag.
-version = "1.41.1"
+version = "1.42.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.70"
 authors = ["Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>"]
diff --git a/tokio/README.md b/tokio/README.md
index 2e62bc5f76b..6ba7d7f44e4 100644
--- a/tokio/README.md
+++ b/tokio/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Make sure you activated the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.41.1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs: