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@@ -80,16 +80,28 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 * (x/auth) [\#8522](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8522) Allow to query all stored accounts
 * (x/ibc) [\#7949](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/7949) Standardized channel `Acknowledgement` moved to its own file. Codec registration redundancy removed.
 * (crypto/types) [\#8600](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8600) `CompactBitArray`: optimize the `NumTrueBitsBefore` method and add an `Equal` method.
-* (x/ibc) [\#8624](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8624) Emit full header in IBC UpdateClient message.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 * (keyring) [#\8635](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/8635) Remove hardcoded default passphrase value on `NewMnemonic`
-* (x/evidence) [#8461](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8461) Fix bech32 prefix in evidence validator address conversion
 * (x/bank) [\#8434](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8434) Fix legacy REST API `GET /bank/total` and `GET /bank/total/{denom}` in swagger
 * (x/slashing) [\#8427](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8427) Fix query signing infos command
 * (server) [\#8399](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8399) fix gRPC-web flag default value
 
+## [v0.42.0](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.42.0) - 2021-03-08
+
+**IMPORTANT**: This release contains an important security fix for all non Cosmos Hub chains running Stargate version of the Cosmos SDK (>0.40). Non-hub chains should not be using any version of the SDK in the v0.40.x or v0.41.x release series. See [#8461](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8461) for more details.
+
+### Improvements
+
+* (x/ibc) [\#8624](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8624) Emit full header in IBC UpdateClient message.
+* (x/crisis) [\#8621](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/8621) crisis invariants names now print to loggers.
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* (x/evidence) [\#8461](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/8461) Fix bech32 prefix in evidence validator address conversion
+* (x/gov) [\#8806](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/8806) Fix q gov proposals command's mishandling of the --status parameter's values.
+
 ## [v0.41.4](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.41.3) - 2021-03-02
 
 **IMPORTANT**: Due to a bug in the v0.41.x series with how evidence handles validator consensus addresses #8461, SDK based chains that are not using the default bech32 prefix (cosmos, aka all chains except for t