diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 44d81ce80bf..85a24075f69 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "4.2-dev"
+version = "4.2"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "4.2-dev"
+release = "4.2.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dde9eb01d6f..8ec6655e505 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = "yt"
-version = "4.2.dev0"
+version = "4.2.0"
 description = "An analysis and visualization toolkit for volumetric data"
 authors = [
     { name = "The yt project", email = "yt-dev@python.org" },
diff --git a/yt/_version.py b/yt/_version.py
index 478034645ca..a782bd0bccb 100644
--- a/yt/_version.py
+++ b/yt/_version.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "version_info",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "4.2.dev0"  # keep in sync with pyproject.toml
+__version__ = "4.2.0"  # keep in sync with pyproject.toml
 
 
 class VersionTuple(NamedTuple):