diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a25dda5..bb75a8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class { 'selenium':
   group            => 'selenium',
   install_root     => '/opt/selenium',
   java             => 'java',
-  version          => '2.41.0',
+  version          => '2.42.1',
   url              => undef,
   download_timeout => '90',
 }
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ The path of the `java` interpreter to use.
 
 ##### `version`
 
-`String` defaults to: `2.41.0` (the latest release as of 2014-05-22)
+`String` defaults to: `2.42.1` (the latest release as of 2014-05-31)
 
 The version of Selenium Server to download.  Used to form the URL used to fetch
 the jar file.
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index ee5fb2a..3d37c4a 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   $hub_options      = '-role hub'
   $node_options     = "${server_options} -role node"
   $java             = 'java'
-  $version          = '2.41.0'
+  $version          = '2.42.1'
   $default_hub      = 'http://localhost:4444/grid/register'
   $download_timeout = '90'
 
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/selenium_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/selenium_spec.rb
index 06ded2a..0930e58 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/selenium_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/selenium_spec.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class { 'selenium': }
     it { should be_linked_to '/opt/selenium/log' }
   end
 
-  describe file('/opt/selenium/jars/selenium-server-standalone-2.41.0.jar') do
+  describe file("/opt/selenium/jars/selenium-server-standalone-#{DEFAULT_VERSION}.jar") do
     it { should be_file }
     it { should be_owned_by 'selenium' }
     it { should be_grouped_into 'selenium' }
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 2c6f566..2ec38dd 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper'
+require 'spec_helper_common'
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
index cf6c5e0..0ebf390 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'beaker-rspec/spec_helper'
 require 'beaker-rspec/helpers/serverspec'
+require 'spec_helper_common'
 
 unless ENV['RS_PROVISION'] == 'no' or ENV['BEAKER_provision'] == 'no'
   if hosts.first.is_pe?
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_common.rb b/spec/spec_helper_common.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..314857c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_common.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DEFAULT_VERSION = '2.42.1'
diff --git a/spec/unit/classes/selenium_spec.rb b/spec/unit/classes/selenium_spec.rb
index 80930b8..311d3e9 100644
--- a/spec/unit/classes/selenium_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/classes/selenium_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       :group            => 'selenium',
       :install_root     => '/opt/selenium',
       :java             => 'java',
-      :version          => '2.41.0',
+      :version          => DEFAULT_VERSION,
       :url              => '',
       :download_timeout => '90',
     }
diff --git a/spec/unit/defines/selenium_config_spec.rb b/spec/unit/defines/selenium_config_spec.rb
index 3cee50f..3ac7dc1 100644
--- a/spec/unit/defines/selenium_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/defines/selenium_config_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       :display      => ':0',
       :user         => 'selenium',
       :install_root => '/opt/selenium',
-      :jar_name     => 'selenium-server-standalone-2.41.0.jar',
+      :jar_name     => "selenium-server-standalone-#{DEFAULT_VERSION}.jar",
       :options      => '-Dwebdriver.enable.native.events=1',
       :java         => 'java',
     }