diff --git a/autogen/version.py b/autogen/version.py
index d41277c7c..cf965dda7 100644
--- a/autogen/version.py
+++ b/autogen/version.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 #
 # Portions derived from  https://github.com/microsoft/autogen are under the MIT License.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "0.4.2b1"
+__version__ = "0.4.2b2"