diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f270e36..2ef2885 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26)
 
-project(omath VERSION 4.0.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
+file(READ VERSION OMATH_VERSION)
+project(omath VERSION ${OMATH_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0c89fc9..ef8d756 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+4.2.0
\ No newline at end of file