diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68ef2ea..7dcd65a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ coverage-3.4.tar.gz
 /coverage-4.1b2.tar.gz
 /coverage-4.1b3.tar.gz
 /coverage-4.1.tar.gz
+/coverage-4.2b1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-coverage.spec b/python-coverage.spec
index 5e76826..3c88de6 100644
--- a/python-coverage.spec
+++ b/python-coverage.spec
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@
 %{!?python2_sitearch: %global python2_sitearch %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
 %endif
 
-# %%global prever b3
+%global prever b1
 
 %{!?python2_shortver: %global python2_shortver %(%{__python2} -c 'import sys; print(str(sys.version_info.major) + "." + str(sys.version_info.minor))')}
 %{!?python3_shortver: %global python3_shortver %(%{__python3} -c 'import sys; print(str(sys.version_info.major) + "." + str(sys.version_info.minor))')}
 
 Name:           python-coverage
 Summary:        Code coverage testing module for Python
-Version:        4.1
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Version:        4.2
+Release:        0.1.%{?prever}%{?dist}
 # jquery(MIT):
 #  coverage/htmlfiles/jquery.min.js
 # MIT or GPL:
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul  5 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 4.2-0.1.b1
+- update to 4.2b1
+
 * Tue Jun 14 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 4.1-1
 - update to 4.1
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 1fe8584..982da6b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-80e63edaf49f689d304898fafc1007a5  coverage-4.1.tar.gz
+587019c5f1a0af28c08e9e9586d5a60a  coverage-4.2b1.tar.gz