diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a93a36ba..21f679ad 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 User visible changes for UPX
 ==================================================================
 
-Changes in 4.2.4 (XX XXX XXXX):
+Changes in 4.2.4 (09 May 2024):
   * bug fixes - see https://github.com/upx/upx/milestone/17
 
 Changes in 4.2.3 (27 Mar 2024):
diff --git a/doc/upx.1 b/doc/upx.1
index 5870084d..ba9a11e8 100644
--- a/doc/upx.1
+++ b/doc/upx.1
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "UPX 1"
-.TH UPX 1 2024-05-02 "upx 4.2.4" " "
+.TH UPX 1 2024-05-09 "upx 4.2.4" " "
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
diff --git a/misc/cmake/use_strict_defaults.cmake b/misc/cmake/use_strict_defaults.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 6db0189f..00000000
--- a/misc/cmake/use_strict_defaults.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#
-# UPX "CMake" build file; see https://cmake.org/
-# Copyright (C) Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
-#
-
-if(NOT DEFINED USE_STRICT_DEFAULTS)
-    # use strict config defaults for Git developer builds
-    set(USE_STRICT_DEFAULTS TRUE CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
-endif()
-
-# vim:set ft=cmake ts=4 sw=4 tw=0 et:
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 64caed95..d8ad26f2 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 #define UPX_VERSION_HEX      0x040204 /* 04.02.04 */
 #define UPX_VERSION_STRING   "4.2.4"
 #define UPX_VERSION_STRING4  "4.24"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE     "May 2nd 2024"
-#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO "2024-05-02"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE     "May 9th 2024"
+#define UPX_VERSION_DATE_ISO "2024-05-09"
 #define UPX_VERSION_YEAR     "2024"