diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.42.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.42.0.txt
index 6266569..8ae2d7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.42.0.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.42.0.txt
@@ -277,6 +277,17 @@
    corrected.
    (merge 6ce7afe163 pw/rebase-skip-commit-message-fix later to maint).
 
+ * Adjust to newer Term::ReadLine to prevent it from breaking
+   the interactive prompt code in send-email.
+   (merge c016726c2d jk/send-email-with-new-readline later to maint).
+
+ * Windows updates.
+   (merge 0050f8e401 ds/maintenance-on-windows-fix later to maint).
+
+ * Correct use of lstat() that assumed a failing call would not
+   clobber the statbuf.
+   (merge 72695d8214 st/mv-lstat-fix later to maint).
+
  * Other code cleanup, docfix, build fix, etc.
    (merge 51f9d2e563 sa/doc-ls-remote later to maint).
    (merge c6d26a9dda jk/format-patch-message-id-unleak later to maint).
@@ -314,3 +325,5 @@
    (merge d089a06421 rs/bundle-parseopt-cleanup later to maint).
    (merge 823839bda1 ew/sha256-gcrypt-leak-fixes later to maint).
    (merge a5c01603b3 bc/ignore-clangd-cache later to maint).
+   (merge 12009a182b js/allow-t4000-to-be-indented-with-spaces later to maint).
+   (merge b3dcd24b8a jc/send-email-pre-process-fix later to maint).
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index a1afa6a..bbfb141 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v2.42.0-rc1
+DEF_VER=v2.42.0-rc2
 
 LF='
 '