diff --git a/cellprofiler_core/__init__.py b/cellprofiler_core/__init__.py
index cfbbb1ce..9b575128 100644
--- a/cellprofiler_core/__init__.py
+++ b/cellprofiler_core/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "4.2.4rc1"
+__version__ = "4.2.4"
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 040030f3..cfd96406 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 
 project = "CellProfiler-core"
 
-release = "4.2.4rc1"
+release = "4.2.4"
 
 templates_path = ["_templates"]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 274ee0bc..e66c7f94 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ filterwarnings =
     ignore::DeprecationWarning
     ignore::FutureWarning
 minversion =
-    4.2.4rc1
+    4.2.4
 testpaths =
     ./tests/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 74e33549..fa8c3076 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
     python_requires=">=3.8",
     url="https://github.com/CellProfiler/core",
-    version="4.2.4rc1",
+    version="4.2.4",
     zip_safe=False,
 )