diff --git a/actix-web/CHANGES.md b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
index df45a6b1b..9ded67e35 100644
--- a/actix-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 [#2867]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2867
 
 
+## 4.2.1 - 2022-09-12
+### Fixed
+- Bump minimum version of `actix-http` dependency to fix compatibility issue. [#2871]
+
+[#2871]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/2871
+
+
 ## 4.2.0 - 2022-09-11
 ### Added
 - Add `#[routes]` macro to support multiple paths for one handler. [#2718]
diff --git a/actix-web/Cargo.toml b/actix-web/Cargo.toml
index 27a77bfc0..d57e52f36 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>",
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ actix-service = "2"
 actix-utils = "3"
 actix-tls = { version = "3", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
-actix-http = { version = "3", features = ["http2", "ws"] }
+actix-http = { version = "3.2.2", features = ["http2", "ws"] }
 actix-router = "0.5"
 actix-web-codegen = { version = "4.1", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/actix-web/README.md b/actix-web/README.md
index 17bd5a7ce..65076e0b8 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)