diff --git a/.shiprc b/.shiprc
index 175885ee6..3d678987e 100644
--- a/.shiprc
+++ b/.shiprc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "files": {
-    "src/version.ts": []
+    "src/version.ts": [],
+    ".version": []
   },
   "postbump": "npm run docs"
 }
diff --git a/.version b/.version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15a2b33b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v4.2.0
\ No newline at end of file