diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5842d23d..68339ccf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Major changes in 41.beta:
+* Port to GTK4
+* Rewrite the Year view to be a month nagivator
+* Various improvements to timezone handling
+* Update Ctrl+1/2/3 shortcuts to use Alt instead
+* Updated translations
+
 Major changes in 41.0:
 * Updated translations
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8e562ecd..52643069 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'gnome-calendar',
                'c',
-           version: '42.alpha',
+           version: '42.beta',
            license: 'GPL3+',
      meson_version: '>= 0.53.0'
 )