4 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md
index 6e46828..eb565ab 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 ---
 title: Release 0.41
-short-description: Release notes for 0.41 (preliminary)
+short-description: Release notes for 0.41
 ...
 
-**Preliminary, 0.41.0 has not been released yet.**
-
 # New features
 
-Add features here as code is merged to master.
-
 ## Dependency Handler for LLVM
 
 Native support for linking against LLVM using the `dependency` function.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ea0d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+title: Release 0.42
+short-description: Release notes for 0.42 (preliminary)
+...
+
+**Preliminary, 0.42.0 has not been released yet.**
+
+# New features
+
+Add features here as code is merged to master.
diff --git a/docs/sitemap.txt b/docs/sitemap.txt
index 7246749..9831b93 100644
--- a/docs/sitemap.txt
+++ b/docs/sitemap.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ index.md
 		Shipping-prebuilt-binaries-as-wraps.md
 		fallback-wraptool.md
 	Release-notes.md
+		Release-notes-for-0.42.0.md
 		Release-notes-for-0.41.0.md
 		Release-notes-for-0.40.0.md
 		Release-notes-for-0.39.0.md
diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index 8b435ee..80ad94f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from .mesonlib import MesonException, commonpath
 from .mesonlib import default_libdir, default_libexecdir, default_prefix
 import ast
 
-version = '0.41.0'
+version = '0.42.0.dev1'
 backendlist = ['ninja', 'vs', 'vs2010', 'vs2015', 'vs2017', 'xcode']
 
 class UserOption: