diff --git a/repo_utils/answer_key/help.txt b/repo_utils/answer_key/help.txt
index 50b87955..0ab1c308 100644
--- a/repo_utils/answer_key/help.txt
+++ b/repo_utils/answer_key/help.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 usage: truvari [-h] CMD ...
 
-Truvari v4.1.1-dev Structural Variant Benchmarking and Annotation
+Truvari v4.2.0-rc Structural Variant Benchmarking and Annotation
 
 Available commands:
     bench         Performance metrics from comparison of two VCFs
diff --git a/truvari/__init__.py b/truvari/__init__.py
index 07def06c..ea74af51 100644
--- a/truvari/__init__.py
+++ b/truvari/__init__.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 :data:`truvari.SZBINTYPE`
 """
 
-__version__ = '4.1.1-dev'
+__version__ = '4.2.0-rc'
 
 
 from truvari.annotations.af_calc import (