diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8db5a24..ed19d31 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -300,3 +300,5 @@
 /shenandoah8u422-b05.tar.xz
 /shenandoah8u432-b05.tar.xz
 /shenandoah8u432-b06.tar.xz
+/shenandoah8u442-b01.tar.xz
+/shenandoah8u442-b05.tar.xz
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 65a62a5..048ef3b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,29 @@ Key:
 JDK-X  - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-X
 CVE-XXXX-YYYY: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=XXXX-YYYY
 
+New in release OpenJDK 8u442 (2025-01-21):
+===========================================
+Live versions of these release notes can be found at:
+  * https://bit.ly/openjdk8u442
+
+* Changes
+  - JDK-8048003: test/compiler/8009761/Test8009761.java failed with: java.lang.RuntimeException: static java.lang.Object Test8009761.m3(boolean,boolean) not compiled
+  - JDK-8058322: Zero name_index item of MethodParameters attribute cause MalformedParameterException.
+  - JDK-8066708: JMXStartStopTest fails to connect to port 38112
+  - JDK-8133287: (fs) java/nio/file/Files/probeContentType/ParallelProbes.java should use othervm mode
+  - JDK-8189687: Swing: Invalid position of candidate pop-up of InputMethod in Hi-DPI on Windows
+  - JDK-8209023: fix 2 compiler tests to avoid JDK-8208690
+  - JDK-8239312: [macOS] javax/swing/JFrame/NSTexturedJFrame/NSTexturedJFrame.java
+  - JDK-8260380: Upgrade to LittleCMS 2.12
+  - JDK-8315731: Open source several Swing Text related tests
+  - JDK-8338402: GHA: some of bundles may not get removed
+  - JDK-8339133: [8u] Profiler crashes at guarantee(is_result_safe || is_in_asgct()): unsafe access to zombie method
+  - JDK-8339394: Bump update version of OpenJDK: 8u442
+  - JDK-8339882: Replace ThreadLocalStorage::thread with Thread::current_or_null in jdk8 backport of JDK-8183925
+  - JDK-8340815: Add SECURITY.md file
+  - JDK-8342822: jdk8u432-b06 does not compile on AIX
+  - JDK-8342841: [8u] Separate jdk_security_infra tests from jdk_tier1
+
 New in release OpenJDK 8u432 (2024-10-15):
 ===========================================
 Live versions of these release notes can be found at:
diff --git a/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec b/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
index a7604a3..7e1835e 100644
--- a/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
+++ b/java-1.8.0-openjdk.spec
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 # Define version of OpenJDK 8 used
 %global project openjdk
 %global repo shenandoah-jdk8u
-%global openjdk_revision 8u432-b06
+%global openjdk_revision 8u442-b05
 %global shenandoah_revision shenandoah%{openjdk_revision}
 # Define IcedTea version used for SystemTap tapsets and desktop files
 %global icedteaver      3.15.0
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
 # eg jdk8u60-b27 -> b27
 %global buildver        %(VERSION=%{version_tag}; echo ${VERSION##*-})
 # rpmrelease numbering must start at 2 to be later than the 9.0 RPM
-%global rpmrelease      4
+%global rpmrelease      2
 # Settings used by the portable build
 %global portablerelease 1
 # Portable suffix differs between RHEL and CentOS
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 # Release will be (where N is usually a number starting at 1):
 # - 0.N%%{?extraver}%%{?dist} for EA releases,
 # - N%%{?extraver}{?dist} for GA releases
-%global is_ga           1
+%global is_ga           0
 %if %{is_ga}
 %global milestone          fcs
 %global milestone_version  %{nil}
@@ -2939,6 +2939,12 @@ cjc.mainProgram(args)
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 06 2025 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.442.b05-0.2.ea
+- Update to 8u442-b05 (EA).
+- Update release notes for 8u442-b05.
+- Switch to EA mode for pre-release.
+- Resolves: RHEL-73990
+
 * Sat Oct 19 2024 Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew@redhat.com> - 1:1.8.0.432.b06-4
 - Bump rpmrelease for CentOS build
 - Related: RHEL-58786
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e9d774d..31385bd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 SHA512 (tapsets-icedtea-3.15.0.tar.xz) = c752a197cb3d812d50c35e11e4722772be40096c81d2a57933e0d9b8a3c708b9c157b8108a4e33a06ca7bb81648170994408c75d6f69d5ff12785d0c31009671
-SHA512 (shenandoah8u432-b06.tar.xz) = ad40b6bd076508cb5702955e25a4f797dde4c2050b0833992b8713d0e1f80a8604367e887562e24ef8a7615603ebc833847eb1c06634aca658610914b92d78f6
+SHA512 (shenandoah8u442-b05.tar.xz) = 6c9c347f1dd72c29b6d74725420ed7f0c667137cb1136076a71192d831ba6ee3868b5cd29f3e8c1f2ba29f5aa7c5bfa7ade2054d1716d03b729b0c7a0c309af3