diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
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--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.0.42 (2026-08-28)
+
 ### Features
 
 * 🏷️ Allow `Discriminator` type for `discriminator` parameter in `Field`. PR [#1729](https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/pull/1729) by [@YuriiMotov](https://github.com/YuriiMotov).
diff --git a/sqlmodel/__init__.py b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
index 7e46da4f41..4290e65719 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.41"
+__version__ = "0.0.42"
 
 # Re-export from Pydantic
 from pydantic import Discriminator as Discriminator