From af8726884359c057355d15bc34c9e00c10d15bfe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ascender1729 <pavankumar.dubasi2019@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:50:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): prepare verifier patch 0.4.2

---
 CHANGELOG.md     | 6 +++---
 README.md        | 2 +-
 build.gradle.kts | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60d200c..9d264fc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## [0.4.2] - 2026-10-12
 
-These changes describe main-branch source. They do not announce a Maven Central
-release or imply that configured version 0.4.1 has been republished.
+Includes the verification fixes merged after 0.4.1; earlier artifacts remain
+unchanged.
 
 ### Verification
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48b9284..23a95f0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The checkout uses Bouncy Castle `bcprov-jdk18on` 1.86, as declared in
 ./gradlew build --no-daemon
 ```
 
-The configured publication coordinates are `com.vibetensor:attestix:0.4.1`.
+The configured publication coordinates are `com.vibetensor:attestix:0.4.2`.
 These coordinates do not establish Maven Central availability or publication of
 main-branch fixes. Build a reviewed checkout or confirm the contents of the
 release you select before depending on its verification behavior.
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index b1b480c..d142ee0 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ plugins {
 // Namespace VERIFIED on the Sonatype Central Portal (DNS TXT on vibetensor.com).
 // Was io.vibetensor (a domain we do not own) - corrected to the verified one.
 group = "com.vibetensor"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 description = "Attestix offline credential verifier for Java - verify Ed25519 W3C VCs + UCAN delegations issued by the Attestix Python core."
 
 java {