diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f39c1211..32d3a34b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+### mate-system-monitor 1.24.2
+
+  * Translations update
+  * i18n: Do not collect the translation for Icon
+  * Show subvol mount option on GNU/Linux
+  * sysinfo: avoid adding a device more than once such as for brtfs
+  * pretty-table: prefer GIO to get application icons
+
 ### mate-system-monitor 1.24.1
 
   * Translations update
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fbc0115d..37582b67 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 
-AC_INIT([mate-system-monitor],
-	[1.24.1],
-        [https://mate-desktop.org/])
+AC_INIT([mate-system-monitor], [1.24.2], [https://mate-desktop.org/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(configure.ac)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])