diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aab00aea..94efb8fb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-05-20  Christian Perrier  <christian@perrier.eu.org>
+
+	* configure.in: Prepare for next point release 4.2.
+
 2012-05-25  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* NEWS: Set release date.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index da04a818..29c39727 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(shadow, 4.1.5.1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(shadow, 4.2)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 dnl Some hacks...