diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca314306f..9643da2da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.embl.mobie</groupId>
     <artifactId>mobie-viewer-fiji</artifactId>
-    <version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <!-- force javadoc generation to fetch errors:    -->
     <!-- mvn javadoc:javadoc | grep error -->