diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b123a311e46..4560f396b25 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
   decided at the October 2023 meeting that this was a mistake and will
   be removed in an erratum.
 
+# Fix potential crash in CUDA memory hooks
+
 
 ===============================================================================
                                Changes in 4.1
diff --git a/maint/version.m4 b/maint/version.m4
index 18ba5198ed6..45d16b0ff34 100644
--- a/maint/version.m4
+++ b/maint/version.m4
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # changing this by playing with diversions, but then we would probably be
 # playing with autotools-fire.
 
-m4_define([MPICH_VERSION_m4],[4.2.0rc1])dnl
+m4_define([MPICH_VERSION_m4],[4.2.0rc2])dnl
 m4_define([MPICH_RELEASE_DATE_m4],[unreleased development copy])dnl
 
 # For libtool ABI versioning rules see: