diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 56b46d2f9..e265586e6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+**2016-05-28**
+
+*Released 4.2*
+
+- Implement Bot API 2.1
+- Move ``botan`` module to ``telegram.contrib``
+- New exception type: ``BadRequest``
+
 **2016-05-22**
 
 *Released 4.1.2*
diff --git a/telegram/__init__.py b/telegram/__init__.py
index d0f133035..6437cdad0 100644
--- a/telegram/__init__.py
+++ b/telegram/__init__.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ from .update import Update
 from .bot import Bot
 
 __author__ = 'devs@python-telegram-bot.org'
-__version__ = '4.1.2'
+__version__ = '4.2.0'
 __all__ = ['Audio', 'Bot', 'Chat', 'ChatMember', 'ChatAction', 'ChosenInlineResult',
            'CallbackQuery', 'Contact', 'Document', 'Emoji', 'File', 'ForceReply',
            'InlineKeyboardButton', 'InlineKeyboardMarkup', 'InlineQuery', 'InlineQueryResult',