diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 1227c58a5..fde3138b4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+Version 4.2.0 (released 2024-11-04)
+
+- self-checkout: barcode is now always uppercased to make searches case-insensitive
+
 Version 4.1.0 (released 2024-10-21)
 
 - search: apply the same search analyzers to the fields that needs to be searchable.
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ Version 2.0.0rc9 (released 2024-04-25)
 Version 2.0.0rc8 (released 2024-04-04)
 
 - records_relation: Simplify sorting
-- records_relations: Use sort_by paramemter from configs instead
+- records_relations: Use sort_by parameter from configs instead
 - relations: Add functionality to sort json refs by relation_type
 - tests: circulation: Add new location for testing closures
 - circulation: loan_request: Fix dates comparison in get_offset_duration
diff --git a/invenio_app_ils/__init__.py b/invenio_app_ils/__init__.py
index 1d0d7f142..0e2040c52 100644
--- a/invenio_app_ils/__init__.py
+++ b/invenio_app_ils/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 
 """invenio-app-ils."""
 
-__version__ = "4.1.0"
+__version__ = "4.2.0"
 
 __all__ = ("__version__",)