diff --git a/Help/release/4.2.rst b/Help/release/4.2.rst
index a47112ee84..de09e00d17 100644
--- a/Help/release/4.2.rst
+++ b/Help/release/4.2.rst
@@ -245,3 +245,10 @@ Changes made since CMake 4.2.0 include the following.
   of the consumed target.  This broke existing use cases that rely on
   matching the configuration of the consuming target, and so has been
   partially reverted to match either as CMake 4.1 and below did.
+
+4.2.3
+-----
+
+* This version made no changes to documented features or interfaces.
+  Some implementation updates were made to support ecosystem changes
+  and/or fix regressions.
diff --git a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
index b6d95b9231..733b02752e 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
+++ b/Source/CMakeVersion.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CMake version number components.
 set(CMake_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
 set(CMake_VERSION_MINOR 2)
-set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 2)
+set(CMake_VERSION_PATCH 3)
 #set(CMake_VERSION_RC 0)
 set(CMake_VERSION_IS_DIRTY 0)