diff --git a/rna/__init__.py b/rna/__init__.py
index 82ee0490c9f8a198a54e9f5057609c6eef1b9dac..43a5784c125adad11d31a83af2a7cf5708f592e4 100644
--- a/rna/__init__.py
+++ b/rna/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Daniel Böckenhoff"""
 __email__ = "dboe@ipp.mpg.de"
-__version__ = "0.4.1"
+__version__ = "0.4.2"
 
 from . import plotting
 from . import log  # NOQA
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 23e008fee91c6d5016ef667d5d164b2490ceeb73..124fb7d2249516b029e85b503500a69660572609 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.4.1
+current_version = 0.4.2
 tag = True
 commit = True
 message = release-v{new_version}