diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30e5758a..10cd1402 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## [v2.4.2](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v2.4.2) - 2024-11-08
+
+### Fix
+
+* **EasyOcrModel:** Support the use_gpu pipeline parameter in EasyOcrModel. Initialize easyocr ([#282](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/issues/282)) ([`0eb065e`](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/commit/0eb065e9b6e4619d4c412ed98bc7408915ca3f95))
+
 ## [v2.4.1](https://github.com/DS4SD/docling/releases/tag/v2.4.1) - 2024-11-08
 
 ### Fix
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d0ec370..0451ba80 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "docling"
-version = "2.4.1"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "2.4.2"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "SDK and CLI for parsing PDF, DOCX, HTML, and more, to a unified document representation for powering downstream workflows such as gen AI applications."
 authors = ["Christoph Auer <cau@zurich.ibm.com>", "Michele Dolfi <dol@zurich.ibm.com>", "Maxim Lysak <mly@zurich.ibm.com>", "Nikos Livathinos <nli@zurich.ibm.com>", "Ahmed Nassar <ahn@zurich.ibm.com>", "Panos Vagenas <pva@zurich.ibm.com>", "Peter Staar <taa@zurich.ibm.com>"]
 license = "MIT"