diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index bfd6c47af1..abb18a3f8b 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# tiledb 0.28.2
+
+* This release of the R package builds against [TileDB 2.24.2](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/tag/2.24.2), and has also been tested against earlier releases as well as the development version (#725)
+
+
 # tiledb 0.28.1
 
 * This release of the R package builds against [TileDB 2.24.1](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/tag/2.24.1), and has also been tested against earlier releases as well as the development version (#714, #715, #717, #724)
diff --git a/cleanup b/cleanup
index 2306aec036..95afaf2dc2 100755
--- a/cleanup
+++ b/cleanup
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+cd src && make -f Makevars clean
 rm -f  src/Makevars src/*.o src/*.so config.log config.status inst/tiledb-*.tar.gz src/connection/*.o
 rm -rf tiledb.Rcheck autom4te.cache inst/tiledb/ inst/config.log inst/config.status tiledb/ inst/lib/
diff --git a/src/Makevars.in b/src/Makevars.in
index 2367d1c18c..507a774559 100644
--- a/src/Makevars.in
+++ b/src/Makevars.in
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ $(LIB_CON): connection/connection.o
 	@rm $^
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(SHLIB) $(OBJECTS) $(LIB_CON) connection/connection.o
+	@rm -f $(SHLIB) $(OBJECTS) $(LIB_CON) connection/connection.o
 
 .PHONY: all clean
diff --git a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
index 447809953b..2abb8a13e2 100644
--- a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
+++ b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version: 2.24.1
-sha: db03540
+version: 2.24.2
+sha: 76cd03c