diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b2e13b0e4..c10a5b2b2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+4.2.4:
+
+* Rollback backwards incompatible change, allowing paperclip to run on
+  Ruby >= 1.9.2.
+
 4.2.3:
 
 * Fix dependency specifications (didn't work with Rails 4.1)
diff --git a/lib/paperclip/version.rb b/lib/paperclip/version.rb
index c649952e4..4aca647c4 100644
--- a/lib/paperclip/version.rb
+++ b/lib/paperclip/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Paperclip
-  VERSION = "4.2.3" unless defined? Paperclip::VERSION
+  VERSION = "4.2.4" unless defined? Paperclip::VERSION
 end