diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2582dddf..ef8d7569 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.1.1
\ No newline at end of file
+4.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roxml.gemspec b/roxml.gemspec
index 989ce039..6b0c95ca 100644
--- a/roxml.gemspec
+++ b/roxml.gemspec
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
 # Instead, edit Juwelier::Tasks in Rakefile, and run 'rake gemspec'
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
-# stub: roxml 4.1.1 ruby lib
+# stub: roxml 4.2.0 ruby lib
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "roxml".freeze
-  s.version = "4.1.1"
+  s.version = "4.2.0"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0".freeze) if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.require_paths = ["lib".freeze]
   s.authors = ["Ben Woosley".freeze, "Zak Mandhro".freeze, "Anders Engstrom".freeze, "Russ Olsen".freeze]
-  s.date = "2020-07-06"
+  s.date = "2021-09-09"
   s.description = "ROXML is a Ruby library designed to make it easier for Ruby developers to work with XML.\nUsing simple annotations, it enables Ruby classes to be mapped to XML. ROXML takes care\nof the marshalling and unmarshalling of mapped attributes so that developers can focus on\nbuilding first-class Ruby classes. As a result, ROXML simplifies the development of\nRESTful applications, Web Services, and XML-RPC.\n".freeze
   s.email = "ben.woosley@gmail.com".freeze
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     "website/index.html"
   ]
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/Empact/roxml".freeze
-  s.rubygems_version = "3.1.2".freeze
+  s.rubygems_version = "3.2.15".freeze
   s.summary = "Ruby Object to XML mapping library".freeze
 
   if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.add_development_dependency(%q<rake>.freeze, ["~> 0.9"])
     s.add_development_dependency(%q<juwelier>.freeze, [">= 0"])
     s.add_development_dependency(%q<minitest>.freeze, [">= 0"])
+    s.add_development_dependency(%q<rexml>.freeze, [">= 0"])
     s.add_development_dependency(%q<rspec>.freeze, ["~> 3.7.0"])
     s.add_development_dependency(%q<sqlite3>.freeze, [">= 1.2.4"])
     s.add_development_dependency(%q<activerecord>.freeze, [">= 4.0"])
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.add_dependency(%q<rake>.freeze, ["~> 0.9"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<juwelier>.freeze, [">= 0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<minitest>.freeze, [">= 0"])
+    s.add_dependency(%q<rexml>.freeze, [">= 0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<rspec>.freeze, ["~> 3.7.0"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<sqlite3>.freeze, [">= 1.2.4"])
     s.add_dependency(%q<activerecord>.freeze, [">= 4.0"])