diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5b902e97..e5b6e877 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Release History
 
+# 4.2.2 (2025-12-01)
+- Change default use_hybrid_disposition to False by @samikshya-db in https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sql-python/pull/714
+- Circuit breaker changes using pybreaker by @nikhilsuri-db in https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sql-python/pull/705
+- perf: Optimize telemetry latency logging to reduce overhead by @samikshya-db in https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sql-python/pull/715
+- basic e2e test for force telemetry verification by @nikhilsuri-db in https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sql-python/pull/708
+- Telemetry is ON by default to track connection stats. (Note : This strictly excludes PII, query text, and results) by @samikshya-db in https://github.com/databricks/databricks-sql-python/pull/717
+
 # 4.2.1 (2025-11-20)
 - Ignore transactions by default (databricks/databricks-sql-python#711 by @jayantsing-db)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec82a363..047515ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ You are welcome to file an issue here for general use cases. You can also contac
 
 ## Requirements
 
-Python 3.8 or above is required.
+Python 3.9 or above is required.
 
 ## Documentation
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 61c248e9..c53f4223 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "databricks-sql-connector"
-version = "4.2.1"
+version = "4.2.2"
 description = "Databricks SQL Connector for Python"
 authors = ["Databricks <databricks-sql-connector-maintainers@databricks.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py b/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
index cd37e6ce..7cf631e8 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/__init__.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
 DATE = DBAPITypeObject("date")
 ROWID = DBAPITypeObject()
 
-__version__ = "4.2.1"
+__version__ = "4.2.2"
 USER_AGENT_NAME = "PyDatabricksSqlConnector"
 
 # These two functions are pyhive legacy
diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/auth/common.py b/src/databricks/sql/auth/common.py
index a764b036..0e3a0191 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sql/auth/common.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/auth/common.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def __init__(
         pool_connections: Optional[int] = None,
         pool_maxsize: Optional[int] = None,
         user_agent: Optional[str] = None,
-        telemetry_circuit_breaker_enabled: Optional[bool] = None,
+        telemetry_circuit_breaker_enabled: Optional[bool] = True,
     ):
         self.hostname = hostname
         self.access_token = access_token
diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/client.py b/src/databricks/sql/client.py
index a7f802dc..ec497fab 100755
--- a/src/databricks/sql/client.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/client.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def read(self) -> Optional[OAuthToken]:
         self.ignore_transactions = ignore_transactions
 
         self.force_enable_telemetry = kwargs.get("force_enable_telemetry", False)
-        self.enable_telemetry = kwargs.get("enable_telemetry", False)
+        self.enable_telemetry = kwargs.get("enable_telemetry", True)
         self.telemetry_enabled = TelemetryHelper.is_telemetry_enabled(self)
 
         TelemetryClientFactory.initialize_telemetry_client(