diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 01d02ae..34356ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "schema_registry_converter"
-version = "4.1.0"
+version = "4.2.0"
 authors = ["Gerard Klijs <g.klijs@gmail.com>"]
 include = ["src/**/*", "Cargo.toml"]
 description = "Encode/decode data from/to kafka using the Confluent Schema Registry"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 282a061..7ab636f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ To use it to convert using avro async use:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-schema_registry_converter = { version = "4.1.0", features = ["avro"] }
+schema_registry_converter = { version = "4.2.0", features = ["avro"] }
 ```
 
 For simplicity there are `easy` variants that internally have an arc.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ structs that start with `Easy` in the name to do the conversions.
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-schema_registry_converter = { version = "4.1.0", features = ["easy", "avro"] }
+schema_registry_converter = { version = "4.2.0", features = ["easy", "avro"] }
 ```
 
 ...and see the [docs](https://docs.rs/schema_registry_converter) for how to use it.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ All the converters also have a blocking (non async) version, in that case use so
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-schema_registry_converter = { version = "4.1.0", default-features = false, features = ["avro", "blocking"] }
+schema_registry_converter = { version = "4.2.0", default-features = false, features = ["avro", "blocking"] }
 ```
 
 If you need to use both in a project you can use something like, but have to be weary you import the correct paths
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ depending on your use.
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-schema_registry_converter = { version = "4.1.0", features = ["avro", "blocking"] }
+schema_registry_converter = { version = "4.2.0", features = ["avro", "blocking"] }
 ```
 
 ## Consumer
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 7cb9eb0..53352ee 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 ## Release notes
 
-### 4.1.0
+### 4.2.0
 
 Updated versions.
 Add possibility to directly encode avro values.
 Make it possible to have slashes in subject names.
 By updating to the latest [avro-rs](https://crates.io/crates/avro-rs) being able to [have custom name validators](https://github.com/apache/avro-rs/blob/main/avro/README.md#custom-names-validators) in Avro.
 
+### 4.1.0
+
+Updated versions.
+
 ### 4.0.0
 
 Opened up/added some functionality.