diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41105b07..0ba3bb1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release History
 
+# 4.2.5 (2026-02-09)
+- Fix feature-flag endpoint retries in gov region (databricks/databricks-sql-python#735 by @samikshya-db)
+- Improve telemetry lifecycle management (databricks/databricks-sql-python#734 by @msrathore-db)
+
 # 4.2.4 (2026-01-07)
 - Fixed the exception handler close() on _TelemetryClientHolder (databricks/databricks-sql-python#723 by @msrathore-db)
 - Created util method to normalise http protocol in http path (databricks/databricks-sql-python#724 by @nikhilsuri-db)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a635588..911f1b79 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "databricks-sql-connector"
-version = "4.2.4"
+version = "4.2.5"
 description = "Databricks SQL Connector for Python"
 authors = ["Databricks <databricks-sql-connector-maintainers@databricks.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -92,4 +92,4 @@ show_missing = true
 skip_covered = false
 
 [tool.coverage.xml]
-output = "coverage.xml"
\ No newline at end of file
+output = "coverage.xml"
diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py b/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
index 41784bc4..c9195b89 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
 DATE = DBAPITypeObject("date")
 ROWID = DBAPITypeObject()
 
-__version__ = "4.2.4"
+__version__ = "4.2.5"
 USER_AGENT_NAME = "PyDatabricksSqlConnector"
 
 # These two functions are pyhive legacy