diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7b6602f8e..0889503a1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+42.9
+====
+* Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Jonas, Sebastian; !2318, !2667]
+
+Contributors:
+  Jonas Dreßler, Sebastian Keller
+
 42.8
 ====
 * Lower OOM score of gnome-shell process [Jian-Hong; !2582]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 35a1110b0..dbb2dc031 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '42.8',
+  version: '42.9',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
index a843765aa..802518ccd 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   </description>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="42.9" date="2023-03-19"/>
     <release version="42.8" date="2023-02-13"/>
     <release version="42.7" date="2022-12-06"/>
     <release version="42.6" date="2022-10-25"/>
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
index f68420a5d..0733615c2 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-app',
-  version: '42.8',
+  version: '42.9',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
index bec2a4b28..603db791f 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-tool', 'c',
-  version: '42.8',
+  version: '42.9',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/gvc b/subprojects/gvc
index 7a621180b..8e7a5a4c3 160000
--- a/subprojects/gvc
+++ b/subprojects/gvc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7a621180b46421e356b33972e3446775a504139c
+Subproject commit 8e7a5a4c3e51007ce6579292642517e3d3eb9c50
diff --git a/subprojects/shew/meson.build b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
index 24f180324..65e2be16a 100644
--- a/subprojects/shew/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('shew', 'c',
-  version: '42.8',
+  version: '42.9',
   meson_version: '>= 0.58.0',
   license: 'LGPLv2+',
 )