diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5b95b4c80..d715a9d6b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version v16.4.2 (released 2024-12-17)
+
+- rights: fix serialize condition for controlled license
+
 Version v16.4.1 (released 2024-12-11)
 
 - mappings: add missing `identifiers` to community orgs
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py b/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
index 034902c72..e82007299 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 
 from .ext import InvenioRDMRecords
 
-__version__ = "16.4.1"
+__version__ = "16.4.2"
 
 __all__ = ("__version__", "InvenioRDMRecords")
diff --git a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/RightsVocabularyField.js b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/RightsVocabularyField.js
index 7200d7e79..41c54d95d 100644
--- a/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/RightsVocabularyField.js
+++ b/invenio_rdm_records/assets/semantic-ui/js/invenio_rdm_records/src/deposit/serializers/RightsVocabularyField.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // This file is part of Invenio-RDM-Records
-// Copyright (C) 2020-2023 CERN.
+// Copyright (C) 2020-2024 CERN.
 // Copyright (C) 2020-2022 Northwestern University.
 //
 // Invenio-RDM-Records is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it