# Hugging Face Transformers v4.42.4 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Hugging Face Transformers (https://huggingface.co)
- **Version:** v4.42.4
- **Released:** Jul 11, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/transformers/updates/v4.42.4/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Hugging Face Transformers v4.42.4. Source highlight: Mostly gemma2 support FA2 softcapping!

## Bug Fixes
- Fixes to alternating SWA layers in Gemma2 (#31775)

## Upgrade Command
```bash
python -m pip install 'transformers==4.42.4'
```