diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 14cd9c5..98793f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [v0.4.2](https://github.com/stefanlogue/hydrate.nvim/releases/tag/v0.4.2) - 2023-09-01
+
 ## [v0.4.1](https://github.com/stefanlogue/hydrate.nvim/releases/tag/v0.4.1) - 2023-09-01
 - fix style and linting
 
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c386e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# For parsing and comparing version numbers.
+packaging
diff --git a/lua/hydrate/init.lua b/lua/hydrate/init.lua
index 3dbc30e..ee047e4 100644
--- a/lua/hydrate/init.lua
+++ b/lua/hydrate/init.lua
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local config = require "hydrate.config"
 
 local hydrate = {}
 
-hydrate.VERSION = "0.4.1"
+hydrate.VERSION = "0.4.2"
 
 ---Setup the plugin
 ---