diff --git a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
index 09d6f06ea..25dddf8f3 100644
--- a/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/docs/user/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
+## [4.2.1](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/4.2.1) - Release Date: [2024-04-25]
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- Add support for cleaning StatefulSets with PVCs - [#482](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/pull/482)
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 ## [4.2.0](https://github.com/bakdata/kpops/releases/tag/4.2.0) - Release Date: [2024-04-25]
 
 ### 🏭 Refactor
diff --git a/kpops/__init__.py b/kpops/__init__.py
index 1c74fc3b5..f10060349 100644
--- a/kpops/__init__.py
+++ b/kpops/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "4.2.0"
+__version__ = "4.2.1"
 
 # export public API functions
 from kpops.cli.main import clean, deploy, destroy, generate, init, manifest, reset
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b8e1dd12b..17a6526f4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "kpops"
-version = "4.2.0"
+version = "4.2.1"
 description = "KPOps is a tool to deploy Kafka pipelines to Kubernetes"
 authors = ["bakdata <opensource@bakdata.com>"]
 license = "MIT"