diff --git a/vala/vala.spec b/vala/vala.spec
index 26c5405df6..84d69ebc50 100644
--- a/vala/vala.spec
+++ b/vala/vala.spec
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 ##
 
 #   package version
-%define       V_major 0.40
-%define       V_minor 9
+%define       V_major 0.42
+%define       V_minor 1
 
 #   package information
 Name:         vala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Class:        EVAL
 Group:        Language
 License:      LGPL
 Version:      %{V_major}.%{V_minor}
-Release:      20180831
+Release:      20180919
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vala/%{V_major}/vala-%{version}.tar.xz