diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index fc7fd54333828..c7cc3e5fa5150 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION_MAJOR = 4
 VERSION_MINOR = 2
-PATCHLEVEL = 0
+PATCHLEVEL = 1
 VERSION_TWEAK = 0
 EXTRAVERSION =