diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8e6665c..aa41102 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ exempi-2.1.1.tar.gz
 /exempi-2.3.0.tar.bz2
 /exempi-2.4.0.tar.bz2
 /exempi-2.4.1.tar.bz2
+/exempi-2.4.2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/exempi.spec b/exempi.spec
index b941ac2..75e2b4b 100644
--- a/exempi.spec
+++ b/exempi.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:	Library for easy parsing of XMP metadata
 Name:		exempi
-Version:	2.4.1
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Version:	2.4.2
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 License:	BSD
 Group:		System Environment/Libraries
 URL:		http://libopenraw.freedesktop.org/wiki/Exempi
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.a
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/*.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 30 2017 Nikola Forró <nforro@redhat.com> - 2.4.2-1
+- Update to version 2.4.2
+  Resolves #1417497
+
 * Fri Jan 27 2017 Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com> - 2.4.1-3
 - Rebuilt for Boost 1.63
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 909f0df..95baa31 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (exempi-2.4.1.tar.bz2) = 2bd7a4c492a699fc559565989eafac9dba6fc6b61bcd9e19e2f54192312aa60d8055c52ee2d4018fd11be402cfe8948ac314ab559bde3767b4ea1067abd0f1d9
+SHA512 (exempi-2.4.2.tar.bz2) = 5828c350155e88657ff2dd6608e8fe6f685b64fa6f75b474c8fbc9b863bf18e1db0a83a8cad4376f664428d17ca738455d379506443900e37634465604cf2db3