diff --git a/application/package.json b/application/package.json
index 015c766ec849be23019c508af8cc1688521c791f..aed3f1ed462f3601f42141a2a352487705f895d5 100644
--- a/application/package.json
+++ b/application/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@schukai/monster",
-  "version": "3.41.0",
+  "version": "3.42.0",
   "description": "Monster is a simple library for creating fast, robust and lightweight websites.",
   "keywords": [
     "framework",
diff --git a/application/source/types/version.mjs b/application/source/types/version.mjs
index 5581dede9ac4057c353b89486cccd298dc171a9a..367c97f153ad35c837f106d0d72e77db5a8f2457 100644
--- a/application/source/types/version.mjs
+++ b/application/source/types/version.mjs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function getMonsterVersion() {
     }
 
     /** don't touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-    monsterVersion = new Version("3.41.0");
+    monsterVersion = new Version("3.42.0");
 
     return monsterVersion;
 }
diff --git a/development/package.json b/development/package.json
index 25ff1366bb01d914da0e5de2a760313171d4797c..04dfb9b483657ef3d92c6bfa896dad11fe31dfbc 100644
--- a/development/package.json
+++ b/development/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "monster",
-  "version": "3.41.0",
+  "version": "3.42.0",
   "description": "monster",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
index 5a7c2df7df18cc29aa3180977efd7c72cff94d96..a63e79b15f06dc39e79b1a2ebe789b2eb608d7a9 100644
--- a/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
+++ b/development/test/cases/monster.mjs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe('Monster', function () {
         let monsterVersion
 
         /** don“t touch, replaced by make with package.json version */
-        monsterVersion = new Version("3.41.0")
+        monsterVersion = new Version("3.42.0")
 
         let m = getMonsterVersion();