diff --git a/CHANGES.markdown b/CHANGES.markdown
--- a/CHANGES.markdown
+++ b/CHANGES.markdown
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-## Changes 2.4.1
+## Changes in 2.4.2
+  - Use `--diff` by default
+  - Add `--failure-report` (see #266)
+
+## Changes in 2.4.1
   - Compatibility with HUnit < 1.3
 
-## Changes 2.4.0
+## Changes in 2.4.0
   - Read command-line options from config files `~/.hspec` and `.hspec`
   - Add support for `--diff`
   - Add `xit`, `xspecify`, `xdescribe` and `xcontext` (see #252)
diff --git a/hspec.cabal b/hspec.cabal
--- a/hspec.cabal
+++ b/hspec.cabal
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.15.0.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.17.0.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:             hspec
-version:          2.4.1
+version:          2.4.2
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2011-2017 Simon Hengel,
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
       src
   build-depends:
       base == 4.*
-    , hspec-core == 2.4.1
-    , hspec-discover == 2.4.1
+    , hspec-core == 2.4.2
+    , hspec-discover == 2.4.2
     , hspec-expectations == 0.8.2.*
     , transformers >= 0.2.2.0
     , QuickCheck >= 2.5.1
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
       Test.Hspec.DiscoverSpec
   build-depends:
       base == 4.*
-    , hspec-core == 2.4.1
-    , hspec-discover == 2.4.1
+    , hspec-core == 2.4.2
+    , hspec-discover == 2.4.2
     , hspec-expectations == 0.8.2.*
     , transformers >= 0.2.2.0
     , QuickCheck >= 2.5.1