diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ee1dc2ae9..e42eb929d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "viam-sdk"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2rc1"
 description = "Viam Robotics Python SDK"
 authors = [ "Naveed <naveed@viam.com>" ]
 license = "Apache-2.0"