diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 88b9b90b5..3be38d64b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=3.41.2
+version=3.42.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2943d937..a8b23a308 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
     <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-    <version>3.41.2.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.42.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>SQLite JDBC</name>
     <description>SQLite JDBC library</description>
     <url>https://github.com/xerial/sqlite-jdbc</url>