diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bb6ecf3db..c71133c6df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.42.0] - 2022-11-23
+
 Fixed:
 
   * Symlinks in workspaces are properly resolved now, #802, #954
@@ -1586,6 +1588,7 @@ Fixed
 Initial Release
 
 <!-- link-labels -->
+[2.42.0]: ../../compare/v2.42.0..v2.41.0
 [2.41.0]: ../../compare/v2.41.0..v2.40.0
 [2.40.0]: ../../compare/v2.40.0..v2.39.0
 [2.39.0]: ../../compare/v2.39.0..v2.38.0
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index 30d82285c4..c12a28686c 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.41.0',
+    version='2.42.0',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',