diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: V8
 Type: Package
 Title: Embedded JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine for R
-Version: 4.2.0
+Version: 4.2.1
 Authors@R: person("Jeroen", "Ooms", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jeroen@berkeley.edu",
     comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4035-0289"))
 Description: An R interface to V8: Google's open source JavaScript and WebAssembly 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+4.2.1
+ - Fix a feature test for NodeJS 18 (#145)
+
 4.2.0
  - Use CXX17 on supported platforms. C++17 is required as of libv8 10.2