diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6312bdb32..129a46da4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ General changes in the hledger project.
 For package-specific changes, see the hledger package changelogs.
 
 
-# 838dfb02
+# 2025-03-07 1.42
 
 Docs
 
diff --git a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
index 2bf9c63fd..f7e40d83f 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/CHANGES.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Internal/api/developer-ish changes in the hledger-lib (and hledger) packages.
 For user-visible changes, see the hledger package changelog.
 
 
-# 838dfb02
+# 2025-03-07 1.42
 
 Improvements
 
diff --git a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
index b42520616..1c07839c8 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-ui/CHANGES.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ User-visible changes in hledger-ui.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
 
-# 838dfb02
+# 2025-03-07 1.42
 
 Fixes
 
diff --git a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
index 1a53acebf..913794518 100644
--- a/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger-web/CHANGES.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ User-visible changes in hledger-web.
 See also the hledger changelog.
 
 
-# 838dfb02
+# 2025-03-07 1.42
 
 Fixes
 
diff --git a/hledger/CHANGES.md b/hledger/CHANGES.md
index 1491a5c46..d14b17c3a 100644
--- a/hledger/CHANGES.md
+++ b/hledger/CHANGES.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ API
 User-visible changes in the hledger command line tool and library.
 
 
-# 838dfb02
+# 2025-03-07 1.42
 
 Fixes