diff --git a/actix-web/CHANGES.md b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
index ad865fb2..d11108c2 100644
--- a/actix-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## Unreleased - 2022-xx-xx
+
+
+## 4.2.1 - 2022-09-12
 ### Fixed
 - Bump minimum version of `actix-http` dependency to fix compatibility issue. [#2871]
 
diff --git a/actix-web/Cargo.toml b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
index a06b0633..d57e52f3 100644
--- a/actix-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-web"
-version = "4.2.0"
+version = "4.2.1"
 authors = [
     "Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>",
     "Rob Ede <robjtede@icloud.com>",
diff --git a/actix-web/README.md b/actix-web/README.md
index 17bd5a7c..65076e0b 100644
--- a/actix-web/README.md
+++ b/actix-web/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   <p>
 
 [![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/actix-web?label=latest)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web)
-[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.2.0)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.2.0)
+[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-web/badge.svg?version=4.2.1)](https://docs.rs/actix-web/4.2.1)
 ![MSRV](https://img.shields.io/badge/rustc-1.59+-ab6000.svg)
 ![MIT or Apache 2.0 licensed](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/actix-web.svg)
-[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.2.0/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.2.0)
+[![Dependency Status](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.2.1/status.svg)](https://deps.rs/crate/actix-web/4.2.1)
 <br />
 [![CI](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/actix/actix-web/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web)