diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index c5c8f31bf3..3b0a7842c7 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,56 @@
 Entries are sorted chronologically from oldest to youngest within each release,
 releases are sorted from youngest to oldest.
 
+version 4.2.9
+ avcodec/escape124: Check that blocks are allocated before use
+ avcodec/huffyuvdec: Fix undefined behavior with shift
+ avcodec/j2kenc: Replace RGB24 special case by generic test
+ avcodec/j2kenc: remove misleading pred value
+ avcodec/j2kenc: fix 5/3 DWT identifer
+ avcodec/vp3: Check width to avoid assertion failure
+ avcodec/g729postfilter: Limit shift in long term filter
+ configure: update copyright year
+ avcodec/tests/snowenc: Fix 2nd test
+ avcodec/tests/snowenc: return a failure if DWT/IDWT mismatches
+ avcodec/snowenc: Fix visual weight calculation
+ avcodec/tests/snowenc: unbreak DWT tests
+ avcodec/vp3: Add missing check for av_malloc
+ avcodec/escape124: Fix some return codes
+ avcodec/escape124: fix signdness of end of input check
+ Use https for repository links
+ avcodec/motionpixels: Mask pixels to valid values
+ avcodec/xpmdec: Check size before allocation to avoid truncation
+ avcodec/bink: Avoid undefined out of array end pointers in binkb_decode_plane()
+ avcodec/bink: Fix off by 1 error in ref end
+ avcodec/utils: Ensure linesize for SVQ3
+ avcodec/utils: allocate a line more for VC1 and WMV3
+ avcodec/videodsp_template: Adjust pointers to avoid undefined pointer things
+ avcodec/pngdec: Check deloco index more exactly
+ avcodec/ffv1dec: Check that num h/v slices is supported
+ avformat/mov: Check samplesize and offset to avoid integer overflow
+ avcodec/pictordec: Remove mid exit branch
+ avcodec/eac3dec: avoid float noise in fixed mode addition to overflow
+ avcodec/utils: use 32pixel alignment for bink
+ avcodec/scpr3: Check bx
+ avcodec/012v: Order operations for odd size handling
+ avcodec/eatgq: : Check index increments in tgq_decode_block()
+ avcodec/scpr: Test bx before use
+ avcodec/sunrast: Fix maplength check
+ avcodec/wavpack: Avoid undefined shift in get_tail()
+ avformat/id3v2: Check taglen in read_uslt()
+ avcodec/ffv1dec: restructure slice coordinate reading a bit
+ avcodec/mlpdec: Check max matrix instead of max channel in noise check
+ swscale/input: Use more unsigned intermediates
+ avcodec/alsdec: The minimal block is at least 7 bits
+ avformat/replaygain: avoid undefined / negative abs
+ swscale/output: Bias 16bps output calculations to improve non overflowing range
+ avcodec/speedhq: Check buf_size to be big enough for DC
+ avcodec/ffv1dec: Fail earlier if prior context is corrupted
+ avcodec/nvenc: fix vbv buffer size in cq mode
+ avcodec/mjpegenc: take into account component count when writing the SOF header size
+ checkasm: float_dsp: Scale FLT/DBL_EPSILON sufficiently when comparing
+ swscale: aarch64: Fix yuv2rgb with negative strides
+
 version 4.2.8
  avformat/vividas: Check packet size
  avcodec/dstdec: Check for overflow in build_filter()
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index ad9e446d8c..27b8cad91e 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.2.8
+4.2.9
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
index 16cdd1faca..d48643309a 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = FFmpeg
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 4.2.8
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 4.2.9
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a