diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 525a3f6..334667a 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 markdown:    maruku
 site_root: /afs/slac.stanford.edu/www/projects/scalla
-latest_release: 4.1.2
+latest_release: 4.2.0
 latest_release_tar_gz: 4.1.2
diff --git a/_posts/2015-04-29-announcement_4_2_0.md b/_posts/2015-04-29-announcement_4_2_0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7245ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_posts/2015-04-29-announcement_4_2_0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+layout: default
+title:  Release announcement - 4.2.0
+---
+
+Release announcement - 4.2.0
+-----------------------------
+
+The XRootD 4.2.0 release has been tagged. Please follow the links
+below for the source and the RPMs. Please note that the RPMs have been pushed
+to the stable yum repositories.
+
+ * Source: [http://xrootd.org/download/v4.2.0/xrootd-4.2.0.tar.gz](http://xrootd.org/download/v4.2.0/xrootd-4.2.0.tar.gz)
+ * RPMs: [http://xrootd.cern.ch/sw/releases/4.2.0/rpms/](http://xrootd.cern.ch/sw/releases/4.2.0/rpms/)
+ * Release Notes: [https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/blob/v4.2.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.txt](https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/blob/v4.2.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.txt)
diff --git a/dload.md b/dload.md
index e1c33eb..e52d7e4 100644
--- a/dload.md
+++ b/dload.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ the source tarballs:
 
 |Date      |File                                                       |Size         |Checksum                        |Comment      |
 |:--------:|:---------------------------------------------------------:|:-----------:|:------------------------------:|:-----------:|
+|2015-04-29|[xrootd-4.2.0.tar.gz](/download/v4.2.0/xrootd-4.2.0.tar.gz)|2070050 bytes|e9c4602c7dbae0588c44c58fc850ffa9|Version 4.2.0|
 |2015-04-17|[xrootd-4.1.2.tar.gz](/download/v4.1.2/xrootd-4.1.2.tar.gz)|1958244 bytes|85086a38525db231bfc6dd20f0da314b|Version 4.1.2|
 |2014-12-04|[xrootd-4.1.1.tar.gz](/download/v4.1.1/xrootd-4.1.1.tar.gz)|1957303 bytes|50db07fe2d30fbb0530a218d478d5267|Version 4.1.1|
 |2014-11-27|[xrootd-4.1.0.tar.gz](/download/v4.1.0/xrootd-4.1.0.tar.gz)|1956724 bytes|e6a674d664a3be411ac1ae46ca241e5b|Version 4.1.0|