diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt
index 991dae4811d35b7be3c6e8f11dbb0b62c0420dd2..ef4ce1fcd37acedee7977ff0b0c73d31e6e30321 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.4.2.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Fixes since v1.7.4.1
    tiny packfiles.  We now close the file descriptor early when the entire
    packfile fits inside one mmap window.
 
+ * "git bisect visualize" tried to run "gitk" in windowing
+   environments even when "gitk" is not installed, resulting in a
+   strange error message.
+
  * "git clone /no/such/path" did not fail correctly.
 
  * "git commit" did not correctly error out when the user asked to use a
@@ -45,6 +49,9 @@ Fixes since v1.7.4.1
 
  * gitweb's "highlight" interface mishandled tabs.
 
+ * gitweb didn't understand timezones with GMT offset that is not
+   multiple of a whole hour.
+
  * gitweb had a few forward-incompatible syntactic constructs and
    also used incorrect variable when showing the file mode in a diff.
 
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index d03e624a3730903eb53bc5d43f74f8d31c177330..0b4e960d986724bb5a0fc806371fce3fb89e2dd3 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.7.4.1
+DEF_VER=v1.7.4.2
 
 LF='
 '