diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 3eff93c1d97..f7f3d2dfd5c 100755
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 else:
   majorVersion = 7
   minorVersion = 1
-  patchLevel = 41
+  patchLevel = 42
   preVersion = 0
 
 version = "v%sr%s" % (majorVersion, minorVersion)
diff --git a/release.notes b/release.notes
index 7c1ccd6530b..a6ad8ba4b10 100644
--- a/release.notes
+++ b/release.notes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+[v7r1p42]
+
+*Framework
+FIX: (#5168) Avoid minor caching bug which causes constraints to be violated when rapidly
+     writing to UserProfileDB
+
 [v7r1p41]
 
 *Accounting
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52c4d621ca7..69a69500378 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="DIRAC",
-    version="7.1.41",
+    version="7.1.42",
     url="https://github.com/DIRACGRID/DIRAC",
     license="GPLv3",
     package_dir=package_dir,