diff --git a/packages/block/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/block/CHANGELOG.md
index a60f6c4da1a..1e44228151b 100644
--- a/packages/block/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/block/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,51 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 (modification: no type change headlines) and this project adheres to
 [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 4.2.0 - 2023-01-16
+
+### Functional Shanghai Support
+
+This release fully supports all EIPs included in the [Shanghai](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-specs/blob/master/network-upgrades/mainnet-upgrades/shanghai.md) feature hardfork scheduled for early 2023. Note that a `timestamp` to trigger the `Shanghai` fork update is only added for the `sepolia` testnet and not yet for `goerli` or `mainnet`.
+
+You can instantiate a Shanghai-enabled Common instance for your transactions with:
+
+```typescript
+import { Common, Chain, Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
+
+const common = new Common({ chain: Chain.Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.Shanghai })
+```
+
+### EIP-4844 Shard Blob Transactions Support (experimental)
+
+This release supports an experimental version of the blob transaction type introduced with [EIP-4844](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4844) as being specified in the [01d3209](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/commit/01d320998d1d53d95f347b5f43feaf606f230703) EIP version from February 8, 2023 and deployed along `eip4844-devnet-4` (January 2023).
+
+#### Initialization
+
+To create block tx including blocks you have to active EIP-4844 in the associated `@ethereumjs/common` library:
+
+```typescript
+import { Common, Chain, Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
+
+const common = new Common({ chain: Chain.Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.Shanghai, eips: [4844] })
+```
+
+The underlying `@ethereumjs/tx` library needs to have a working `kzg` library installation in the global namespace adhering to the [Kzg](https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/blob/master/packages/tx/src/depInterfaces.ts) interface defined in the `@ethereumjs/tx` library.
+
+The EthereumJS libraries have been tested with the [c-kzg](https://github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844) library which can be installed with `npm install c-kzg`.
+
+This library then needs to be imported along the other library imports:
+
+```typescript
+import { Common, Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
+import * as kzg from 'c-kzg'
+import { VM } from '@ethereumjs/vm'
+```
+
+### Other Changes
+
+- Handle hardfork defaults consistently, PR [#2467](https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/pull/2467)
+- New `generateWithdrawalsSSZRoot()` method, PR [#2488](https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/pull/2488)
+
 ## 4.1.0 - 2022-12-09
 
 ### Experimental EIP-4895 Beacon Chain Withdrawals Support
diff --git a/packages/block/README.md b/packages/block/README.md
index f12f43747d3..24c9ab3ec9c 100644
--- a/packages/block/README.md
+++ b/packages/block/README.md
@@ -139,6 +139,32 @@ const block = Block.fromBlockData(
 
 Validation of the withdrawals trie can be manually triggered with the newly introduced async `Block.validateWithdrawalsTrie()` method.
 
+### EIP-4844 Shard Blob Transaction Blocks (experimental)
+
+This library supports an experimental version of the blob transaction type introduced with [EIP-4844](https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-4844) as being specified in the [01d3209](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/commit/01d320998d1d53d95f347b5f43feaf606f230703) EIP version from February 8, 2023 and deployed along `eip4844-devnet-4` (January 2023) starting with `v4.2.0`.
+
+#### Initialization
+
+To create block tx including blocks you have to active EIP-4844 in the associated `@ethereumjs/common` library:
+
+```typescript
+import { Common, Chain, Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
+
+const common = new Common({ chain: Chain.Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.Shanghai, eips: [4844] })
+```
+
+The underlying `@ethereumjs/tx` library needs to have a working `kzg` library installation in the global namespace adhering to the [Kzg](https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/blob/master/packages/tx/src/depInterfaces.ts) interface defined in the `@ethereumjs/tx` library.
+
+The EthereumJS libraries have been tested with the [c-kzg](https://github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844) library which can be installed with `npm install c-kzg`.
+
+This library then needs to be imported along the other library imports:
+
+```typescript
+import { Common, Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
+import * as kzg from 'c-kzg'
+import { VM } from '@ethereumjs/vm'
+```
+
 ### Consensus Types
 
 The block library supports the creation as well as consensus format validation of PoW `ethash` and PoA `clique` blocks (so e.g. do specific `extraData` checks on Clique/PoA blocks).
diff --git a/packages/block/package.json b/packages/block/package.json
index f498cdba974..328155a4b59 100644
--- a/packages/block/package.json
+++ b/packages/block/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ethereumjs/block",
-  "version": "4.1.0",
+  "version": "4.2.0",
   "description": "Provides Block serialization and help functions",
   "keywords": [
     "ethereum",
diff --git a/packages/blockchain/package.json b/packages/blockchain/package.json
index 6219c3e3b04..769c819120e 100644
--- a/packages/blockchain/package.json
+++ b/packages/blockchain/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "tsc": "../../config/cli/ts-compile.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.1.0",
+    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.2.0",
     "@ethereumjs/common": "^3.1.0",
     "@ethereumjs/ethash": "^2.0.3",
     "@ethereumjs/rlp": "^4.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/client/package.json b/packages/client/package.json
index 4d0d5baf970..d20a9df3998 100644
--- a/packages/client/package.json
+++ b/packages/client/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@chainsafe/libp2p-noise": "^4.1.1",
-    "@ethereumjs/block": "4.1.0",
+    "@ethereumjs/block": "4.2.0",
     "@ethereumjs/blockchain": "6.2.0",
     "@ethereumjs/common": "3.1.0",
     "@ethereumjs/devp2p": "5.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/devp2p/package.json b/packages/devp2p/package.json
index fe572cbffb4..a16d1775e29 100644
--- a/packages/devp2p/package.json
+++ b/packages/devp2p/package.json
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     "snappyjs": "^0.6.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.1.0",
+    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.2.0",
     "@ethereumjs/tx": "^4.1.0",
     "@types/chalk": "^2.2.0",
     "@types/debug": "^4.1.4",
diff --git a/packages/ethash/package.json b/packages/ethash/package.json
index 7b76beb5ddd..bf9c739d8f2 100644
--- a/packages/ethash/package.json
+++ b/packages/ethash/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "tsc": "../../config/cli/ts-compile.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.1.0",
+    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.2.0",
     "@ethereumjs/rlp": "^4.0.1",
     "@ethereumjs/util": "^8.0.4",
     "abstract-level": "^1.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/statemanager/package.json b/packages/statemanager/package.json
index 876b2478aae..fc720931a25 100644
--- a/packages/statemanager/package.json
+++ b/packages/statemanager/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     "js-sdsl": "^4.1.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.1.0",
+    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.2.0",
     "@ethereumjs/trie": "^5.0.3",
     "@ethereumjs/util": "^8.0.4",
     "@types/node": "^16.11.7",
diff --git a/packages/vm/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/vm/CHANGELOG.md
index 0652a148cb3..03b9dfbefdc 100644
--- a/packages/vm/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/vm/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ import { Common, Chain, Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
 const common = new Common({ chain: Chain.Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.Shanghai, eips: [4844] })
 ```
 
+EIP-4844 comes with a new opcode `DATAHASH` and adds a new point evaluation precompile at address `0x14` in the underlying `@ethereumjs/evm` package. This precompile needs to have a working `kzg` library installation in the global namespace adhering to the [Kzg](https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/blob/master/packages/tx/src/depInterfaces.ts) interface defined in the `@ethereumjs/tx` library.
+
+The EthereumJS libraries have been tested with the [c-kzg](https://github.com/ethereum/c-kzg-4844) library which can be installed with `npm install c-kzg`.
+
+This library then needs to be imported along the other library imports:
+
+```typescript
+import { Common, Hardfork } from '@ethereumjs/common'
+import * as kzg from 'c-kzg'
+import { VM } from '@ethereumjs/vm'
+```
+
 #### Shard Blob Transactions and Block Building
 
 The VM is now capable of running blob-including txs and blocks with `VM.runTx()` and `VM.runBlock()` taking the new gas costs for blob transactions into account. The underlying EVM `v1.3.0` now supports the new `DATAHASH` opcode and the new point evaluation precompile.
diff --git a/packages/vm/package.json b/packages/vm/package.json
index b6b6ac14159..5bac5f23f7e 100644
--- a/packages/vm/package.json
+++ b/packages/vm/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     "tsc": "../../config/cli/ts-compile.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.1.0",
+    "@ethereumjs/block": "^4.2.0",
     "@ethereumjs/blockchain": "^6.2.0",
     "@ethereumjs/common": "^3.1.0",
     "@ethereumjs/evm": "^1.3.0",