diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 5695e080..192cee2a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## unreleased
 
+## 4.2.0 - 2023-09-04
+
 * Added
   * SBOM result might have additional items in `metadata.tools` populated ([#402] via [#403]; [#404] via [#405])
 
diff --git a/semver.txt b/semver.txt
index 627a3f43..6aba2b24 100644
--- a/semver.txt
+++ b/semver.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.1.1
+4.2.0