diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6e228ab..9c9ba1f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "strict_encoding"
-version = "2.4.1"
+version = "2.4.2"
 dependencies = [
  "amplify",
  "half",
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 3c5d828..bab2684 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "strict_encoding"
-version = "2.4.1"
+version = "2.4.2"
 description = "Strict encoding: deterministic & confined binary serialization for strict types"
 keywords = ["strict-types", "gadt", "serialization", "serde", "protobuf"]
 categories = ["encoding", "parsing"]