diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 88e32e5cd..5030eab75 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1999-12-06  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
+
+	* configure.in (VERSION): Bumped version number to 0.42.
+
 1999-11-25  Yuri Syrota <rasta@renome.rovno.ua>
 
 	* configure.in: added 'uk' to ALL_LINGUAS.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 522e0e350..cbf80584e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ AC_INIT(create_vcs)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 PACKAGE=mc
-VERSION=4.5.41
+VERSION=4.5.42
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE, "$PACKAGE")
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION, "$VERSION")
 AC_SUBST(VERSION)