diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9075a4f..17f19213 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+### [0.42.1](https://www.github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio-tools/compare/v0.42.0...v0.42.1) (2023-07-24)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* consensus reads: correct handling of read orientation ([#252](https://www.github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio-tools/issues/252)) ([9ca5f18](https://www.github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio-tools/commit/9ca5f1817dd1e6194adb8d1ed8a805725f48e161))
+
 ## [0.42.0](https://www.github.com/rust-bio/rust-bio-tools/compare/v0.41.0...v0.42.0) (2023-01-18)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 015bd2e5..cfaaee25 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rust-bio-tools"
-version = "0.42.0"
+version = "0.42.1"
 authors = ["Johannes Köster <johannes.koester@tu-dortmund.de>", "Erik Clarke <ecl@pennmedicine.upenn.edu>"]
 description = "A set of fast and robust command line utilities for bioinformatics tasks based on Rust-Bio."
 license-file = "LICENSE.md"