diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 99bbb7820..24b014b70 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10.2 FATAL_ERROR)
 #============================================================================
 # Initialize the project
 #============================================================================
-project(gz-rendering7 VERSION 7.4.1)
+project(gz-rendering7 VERSION 7.4.2)
 
 #============================================================================
 # Find gz-cmake
diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index aa029ad7f..b78dea8bd 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 ### Gazebo Rendering 7.X
 
+### Gazebo Rendering 7.4.2 (2023-09-26)
+
+1. ogre2: use CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH
+    * [Pull request #909](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/909)
+
+1. Disable setting color range in particle emitter
+    * [Pull request #903](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/903)
+
+1. Documentation updates
+    * [Pull request #892](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/892)
+    * [Pull request #896](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/896)
+
+1. Revert mesh viewer background color back to gray
+    * [Pull request #894](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/894)
+
 ### Gazebo Rendering 7.4.1 (2023-08-17)
 
 1. Infrastructure
@@ -365,6 +380,29 @@
 
 ### Gazebo Rendering 6.X
 
+### Gazebo Rendering 6.6.1 (2023-09-01)
+
+1. Fixed light visual in OGRE
+    * [Pull request #864](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/864)
+
+1. Lower severity level for ogre2 visibility mask msgs and unavailable render passes
+    * [Pull request #830](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/830)
+
+1. Infrastructure
+    * [Pull request #834](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/834)
+
+1. Rename COPYING to LICENSE
+    * [Pull request #833](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/833)
+
+1. Add message to see troubleshooting page when render engine fails to create dummy window
+    * [Pull request #829](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/829)
+
+1. Tweak max camera position limit
+    * [Pull request #827](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/827)
+
+1. Limit max camera position vector length
+    * [Pull request #824](https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-rendering/pull/824)
+
 ### Gazebo Rendering 6.6.0 (2023-02-02)
 
 1. Backport Composite BaseVisual destroy fix to 6
diff --git a/examples/mesh_viewer/Main.cc b/examples/mesh_viewer/Main.cc
index 36ef1372b..32d9f0f51 100644
--- a/examples/mesh_viewer/Main.cc
+++ b/examples/mesh_viewer/Main.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void buildScene(ScenePtr _scene)
 {
   // initialize _scene
   _scene->SetAmbientLight(0.3, 0.3, 0.3);
-  _scene->SetBackgroundColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.3);
+  _scene->SetBackgroundColor(0.3, 0.3, 0.3);
   VisualPtr root = _scene->RootVisual();
 
   // create directional light