diff --git a/data/version.yml b/data/version.yml
index 0f8f0f312c..25c76e0ed5 100644
--- a/data/version.yml
+++ b/data/version.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+0.14.2:
+  release_date: "2015/10/02"
+  git_commit: "dceccca"
+  new_features:
+    all: []
+    students:
+    coaches: []
+    admins: []
+  bugs_fixed:
+    all:
+      Properly compare language pack versions (#4587).
+    students: []
+    coaches: []
+    admins: []
+
 0.14.1:
   release_date: "2015/10/02"
   git_commit: "0818d65"
diff --git a/kalite/updates/static/js/updates/update_languages.js b/kalite/updates/static/js/updates/update_languages.js
index 51ac036852..3d5af88a6e 100644
--- a/kalite/updates/static/js/updates/update_languages.js
+++ b/kalite/updates/static/js/updates/update_languages.js
@@ -3,12 +3,18 @@ var installed_languages = [];
 var downloading = false;
 
 function version_comparison(v1, v2) {
-    // compare two version strings and return 1 if the first is higher than the second,
-    // -1 if the first is lower than the second, and 0 if they are equal
+    /*
+    compare two version strings and return 1 if the first is higher than the second,
+    -1 if the first is lower than the second, and 0 if they are equal.
+
+    :params v1, v2: Version strings expected format is either "N.N.N" or "N.N", where N is a positive integer.
+    If both strings have the same format, they're compared using a lexical order.
+    If one string is shorter than the other, then the other is truncated and then compared using lexical order.
+    */
     var v1parts = v1.split('.'), v2parts = v2.split('.');
-    var maxLen = Math.max(v1parts.length, v2parts.length);
+    var minLen = Math.min(v1parts.length, v2parts.length);
     var part1, part2;
-    for(var i = 0; i < maxLen; i++) {
+    for(var i = 0; i < minLen; i++) {
         part1 = parseInt(v1parts[i], 10) || 0;
         part2 = parseInt(v2parts[i], 10) || 0;
         if (part1 > part2) return 1;
diff --git a/kalite/version.py b/kalite/version.py
index 75056850ec..4b9243791f 100644
--- a/kalite/version.py
+++ b/kalite/version.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Must also be of the form N.N.N for internal use, where N is a non-negative integer
 MAJOR_VERSION = "0"
 MINOR_VERSION = "14"
-PATCH_VERSION = "1"
+PATCH_VERSION = "2"
 VERSION = "%s.%s.%s" % (MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION)
 SHORTVERSION = "%s.%s" % (MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION)