diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5938ddac0..57953081c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.41.3"
+  ".": "0.42.0"
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/config/caren.yaml b/test/e2e/config/caren.yaml
index 77c3abfe2..536de3a25 100644
--- a/test/e2e/config/caren.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/config/caren.yaml
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ providers:
   versions:
   # Upgrade e2e tests will use this as the "upgrade from" version.
   # This should reference the most recent successful release.
-  - name: "{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.40}"
-    value: "https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/releases/download/{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.40}/runtime-extensions-components.yaml"
+  - name: "{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.42.0}"
+    value: "https://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix/releases/download/{go://github.com/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-runtime-extensions-nutanix@v0.42.0}/runtime-extensions-components.yaml"
     type: "url"
     contract: v1beta1
     files:
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ providers:
       new: "--v=8"
     - old: --metrics-addr=127.0.0.1:8080
       new: --metrics-addr=:8080
-  - name: v0.42.99 # "vNext"; use manifests from local source files
+  - name: v0.43.99 # "vNext"; use manifests from local source files
     value: "file://../../../runtime-extensions-components.yaml"
     type: "url"
     contract: v1beta1
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml b/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml
index 06b6aee92..8254cfd32 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/shared/v1beta1-caren/metadata.yaml
@@ -115,3 +115,6 @@ releaseSeries:
   - contract: v1beta1
     major: 0
     minor: 42
+  - contract: v1beta1
+    major: 0
+    minor: 43