diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 79ee51f9..2e45ad55 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: docker
     directory: /
     schedule:
+      day: thursday
       interval: weekly
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
     directory: /
     schedule:
+      day: thursday
       interval: weekly
   - package-ecosystem: gomod
     directory: /
     schedule:
+      day: thursday
       interval: weekly
diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index 47593ceb..bd018286 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "4.14.1"
+	Version = "4.14.2"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/github-action/Dockerfile b/github-action/Dockerfile
index f6537c7a..6aba3b40 100644
--- a/github-action/Dockerfile
+++ b/github-action/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM mikefarah/yq:4.14.1
+FROM mikefarah/yq:4.14.2
 
 COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 
diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index abf0bbc5..ca32326d 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 - update release notes
+- check dependabot
 - increment version in version.go
 - increment version in snapcraft.yaml
 - increment version in github-action/Dockerfile
 - make sure local build passes
-- run ./scripts/secure.sh (manual because docker platforms)
 - run ./scripts/copy-docs.sh (and commit the changed in the yq-book branch)
 - commit version update changes
 - tag git with same version number
diff --git a/release_notes.txt b/release_notes.txt
index 5c548bf9..9d2eddf3 100644
--- a/release_notes.txt
+++ b/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+4.14.2:
+  - Fixed header preprocessing issue (#1000)
+  - Bumped version dependencies
+
 4.14.1:
   - Added group_by operator
   - Added encode/decode operators (toyaml, fromjson etc) (#974)
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index dca6115f..9ebc4538 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '4.14.1'
+version: '4.14.2'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.