diff --git a/bqplot/_version.py b/bqplot/_version.py
index 0f3e853fd..7bee46df4 100644
--- a/bqplot/_version.py
+++ b/bqplot/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version_info = (0, 12, 40, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (0, 12, 41, 'final', 0)
 
 _specifier_ = {'alpha': 'a', 'beta': 'b', 'candidate': 'rc', 'final': ''}
 
diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index 2547d1fba..e9a9d4c03 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bqplot",
-  "version": "0.5.41",
+  "version": "0.5.42",
   "description": "bqplot",
   "keywords": [
     "jupyter",