diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 64df830..348cd3b 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.4.1
+current_version = 0.4.2
 commit = True
 tag = True
 files = pyproject.toml networkcommons/_metadata.py
diff --git a/networkcommons/_metadata.py b/networkcommons/_metadata.py
index fba7c50..eb7e83f 100644
--- a/networkcommons/_metadata.py
+++ b/networkcommons/_metadata.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 import toml
 
-_VERSION = '0.4.1'
+_VERSION = '0.4.2'
 
 
 def get_metadata():
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a8f66fe..2a2e823 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "networkcommons"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 description = "Integrated framework for network inference and evaluation using prior knowledge and omics data"
 license = "gpl-3.0-only"
 authors = [