RustCrypto · newpavlov · Nov 26, 2025 · Nov 26, 2025 · newpavlov · Nov 26, 2025
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/block-padding/CHANGELOG.md b/block-padding/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## 0.4.1 (2025-10-06)
+## 0.4.2 (2025-11-26)
+### Changed
+- Added `'static` bound to `Padding` trait ([#1248])
+
+[#1248]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/utils/pull/1248
+
+## 0.4.1 (2025-10-06) [YANKED]
 ### Added
 - `PaddedData` enum  ([#1227])
 

diff --git a/block-padding/Cargo.toml b/block-padding/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "block-padding"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 authors = ["RustCrypto Developers"]
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.85"

diff --git a/block-padding/src/lib.rs b/block-padding/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use core::fmt;
 use hybrid_array::{Array, ArraySize};
 
 /// Trait for message padding algorithms.
-pub trait Padding {
+pub trait Padding: 'static {
     /// Pads `block` filled with data up to `pos` (i.e the message length
     /// stored in `block` is equal to `pos`).
     ///