diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c01e9538..6a39a319 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+## [v2.42.0](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.42.0) - 2025-07-18
+
+### Feature
+
+* Add option to control empty clusters in layout postprocessing ([#1940](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/1940)) ([`a436be7`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/a436be73676101cc9461a17ae7a9ae72316a5096))
+
+### Fix
+
+* Safe pipeline init, use device_map in transformers models ([#1917](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/1917)) ([`cca05c4`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/cca05c45eaec154ae8470f9eb3577852d17773cd))
+* Fix HTML table parser and JATS backend bugs ([#1948](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/1948)) ([`e1e3053`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/e1e305369552b82d3f09f0c113ea8b54d5c90658))
+* KeyError: 'fPr' when processing latex fractions in DOCX files ([#1926](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/1926)) ([`95e7096`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/95e70962f1d7cf1f339a88fde9c907111e194726))
+* Change granite vision model URL from preview to stable version ([#1925](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/1925)) ([`c5fb353`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/c5fb353f109dfe79b51c201ebb1ff33fceeae34a))
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Fix typos ([#1943](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/issues/1943)) ([`d6d2dbe`](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/commit/d6d2dbe2f99bd965c1bc8eec3d332d0acf731189))
+
 ## [v2.41.0](https://github.com/docling-project/docling/releases/tag/v2.41.0) - 2025-07-10
 
 ### Feature
diff --git a/docling/document_converter.py b/docling/document_converter.py
index cc4afdb0..bbafb304 100644
--- a/docling/document_converter.py
+++ b/docling/document_converter.py
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ from docling.pipeline.standard_pdf_pipeline import StandardPdfPipeline
 from docling.utils.utils import chunkify
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-# Module-level lock for pipeline cache
-_pipeline_cache_lock = threading.Lock()
+_PIPELINE_CACHE_LOCK = threading.Lock()
 
 
 class FormatOption(BaseModel):
@@ -322,7 +320,7 @@ class DocumentConverter:
         # Use a composite key to cache pipelines
         cache_key = (pipeline_class, options_hash)
 
-        with _pipeline_cache_lock:
+        with _PIPELINE_CACHE_LOCK:
             if cache_key not in self.initialized_pipelines:
                 _log.info(
                     f"Initializing pipeline for {pipeline_class.__name__} with options hash {options_hash}"
diff --git a/docling/models/picture_description_vlm_model.py b/docling/models/picture_description_vlm_model.py
index 63c0af8a..a2d2f290 100644
--- a/docling/models/picture_description_vlm_model.py
+++ b/docling/models/picture_description_vlm_model.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class PictureDescriptionVlmModel(
                 self.processor = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained(artifacts_path)
                 self.model = AutoModelForVision2Seq.from_pretrained(
                     artifacts_path,
+                    device_map=self.device,
                     torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
                     _attn_implementation=(
                         "flash_attention_2"
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class PictureDescriptionVlmModel(
                         and accelerator_options.cuda_use_flash_attention2
                         else "eager"
                     ),
-                ).to(self.device)
+                )
 
             self.provenance = f"{self.options.repo_id}"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cecbc55f..33537754 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "docling"
-version = "2.41.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
+version = "2.42.0"  # DO NOT EDIT, updated automatically
 description = "SDK and CLI for parsing PDF, DOCX, HTML, and more, to a unified document representation for powering downstream workflows such as gen AI applications."
 license = "MIT"
 keywords = [
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ dependencies = [
   'scipy (>=1.6.0,<2.0.0)',
   # 'scipy (>=1.6.0,<2.0.0) ; python_version >= "3.10"',
   # 'scipy (>=1.6.0,<1.14.0) ; python_version < "3.10"',
+  "accelerate>=1.0.0,<2",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ab33bbcf..2aefa7be 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -806,9 +806,10 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "docling"
-version = "2.41.0"
+version = "2.42.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
+    { name = "accelerate" },
     { name = "beautifulsoup4" },
     { name = "certifi" },
     { name = "docling-core", extra = ["chunking"] },
@@ -902,6 +903,7 @@ examples = [
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
+    { name = "accelerate", specifier = ">=1.0.0,<2" },
     { name = "accelerate", marker = "extra == 'vlm'", specifier = ">=1.2.1,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "beautifulsoup4", specifier = ">=4.12.3,<5.0.0" },
     { name = "certifi", specifier = ">=2024.7.4" },