diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f60080ff..eb857a40 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ option(UPX_CONFIG_DISABLE_EXHAUSTIVE_TESTS "Do not run exhaustive tests"
 # init
 #***********************************************************************
 
-set(UPX_VERSION_STRING "4.3.0") # this should match src/version.h
+set(UPX_VERSION_STRING "4.2.4") # this should match src/version.h
 
 upx_cmake_include_hook(2_init)
 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 681290a7..a93a36ba 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 User visible changes for UPX
 ==================================================================
 
-Changes in 4.3.0 (XX XXX XXXX):
+Changes in 4.2.4 (XX XXX XXXX):
   * bug fixes - see https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/17
 
 Changes in 4.2.3 (27 Mar 2024):
diff --git a/doc/upx.1 b/doc/upx.1
index c632a934..5870084d 100644
--- a/doc/upx.1
+++ b/doc/upx.1
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "UPX 1"
-.TH UPX 1 2024-04-21 "upx 4.3.0" " "
+.TH UPX 1 2024-05-02 "upx 4.2.4" " "
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 73e7f1ad..64caed95 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
-#define UPX_VERSION_HEX      0x040300 /* 04.03.00 */
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING   "4.3.0"
-#define UPX_VERSION_STRING4  "4.30"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE     "Apr 21st 2024"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO "2024-04-21"
+#define UPX_VERSION_HEX      0x040204 /* 04.02.04 */
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING   "4.2.4"
+#define UPX_VERSION_STRING4  "4.24"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE     "May 2nd 2024"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO "2024-05-02"
 #define UPX_VERSION_YEAR     "2024"