diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 42b1d0a..69fe72a 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: V8
 Type: Package
 Title: Embedded JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine for R
-Version: 4.4.1
+Version: 4.4.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jeroen", "Ooms", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jeroen@berkeley.edu",
       comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4035-0289")),
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8d6ac8a..b4b0f37 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4.4.2
+  - Prevent Fedora from accidentally building against the legacy v8-314 library
+    instead of the current v8-devel on that system.
+
 4.4.1
   - Fix a printf warning for CRAN