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@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ dotnet add package CSharpFunctionalExtensions.Analyzers
 
 A big thanks to the project contributors!
 
+- [Pavel Zemlianikin](https://github.com/PNZeml)
 - [Simon Lang](https://github.com/redx177)
 - [Nils Vreman](https://github.com/NilsVreman)
 - [Scheichsbeutel](https://github.com/Scheichsbeutel)
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-2.41.0
+2.42.0
 New features:
-* #531 Added Task and ValueTask versions for AsMaybe
+* #540 Add BindZip to return the Tuple of merged Binds
 
 Fixed issues:
 * None
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