diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 1fd0b141c70..a015af124ed 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ command.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.24.2 [future]
+0.24.2 [2022-02-03]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - macOS: Allow opening text files, images and directories with kitty when
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index a49edcb5e62..87ee844f0c8 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 24, 1)
+version: Version = Version(0, 24, 2)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat