diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 44b10ef87..6fa3b724b 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"4.1.0"}
+{".":"4.2.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8010a8b2..c06102d34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.2.0](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/compare/4.1.0...4.2.0) (2024-06-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **legacy:** add current date macro to string block criteria ([#3013](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/issues/3013)) ([451652b](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/commit/451652bc4002b142ab9cf33ae517451c4966134f))
+* **legacy:** add filename block criteria ([#3015](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/issues/3015)) ([4642b6c](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/commit/4642b6c08ef813ab5dc7354f73141239f5c145e0))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* pin pip version to <24.1 to allow installing pytz (celery) ([#3043](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/issues/3043)) ([646bc81](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/commit/646bc817246a1e3e0d8107c2b69d726681c643b6))
+* playlist allocates inaccurate time to smartblocks ([#3026](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/issues/3026)) ([2b43e51](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/commit/2b43e51ed140bf307e491f0fcb7b84f95709d604))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* optimize the api image health check ([#3038](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/issues/3038)) ([d99d6e1](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/commit/d99d6e1a68f20b3f4255296cd22ac80a90adc020))
+* optimize the rabbitmq health check ([#3037](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/issues/3037)) ([9684214](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/commit/96842144257855df86085b052ed8ff87562bc049))
+
 ## [4.1.0](https://github.com/libretime/libretime/compare/4.0.0...4.1.0) (2024-05-05)
 
 
diff --git a/analyzer/setup.py b/analyzer/setup.py
index a309830fa..c7b93b7a9 100644
--- a/analyzer/setup.py
+++ b/analyzer/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = "4.1.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "4.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 setup(
     name="libretime-analyzer",
diff --git a/api-client/setup.py b/api-client/setup.py
index 9acdb7225..4025b8dea 100644
--- a/api-client/setup.py
+++ b/api-client/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = "4.1.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "4.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 setup(
     name="libretime-api-client",
diff --git a/api/setup.py b/api/setup.py
index e8744a555..f9d2a2e6e 100644
--- a/api/setup.py
+++ b/api/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = "4.1.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "4.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 setup(
     name="libretime-api",
diff --git a/playout/setup.py b/playout/setup.py
index 2aaca8299..d66ff8f6a 100644
--- a/playout/setup.py
+++ b/playout/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = "4.1.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "4.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 setup(
     name="libretime-playout",
diff --git a/shared/setup.py b/shared/setup.py
index bada030c8..b997ad81e 100644
--- a/shared/setup.py
+++ b/shared/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = "4.1.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "4.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 setup(
     name="libretime-shared",
diff --git a/worker/setup.py b/worker/setup.py
index 4e176d2d4..ce3e73509 100644
--- a/worker/setup.py
+++ b/worker/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-version = "4.1.0"  # x-release-please-version
+version = "4.2.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 setup(
     name="libretime-worker",