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From: Chris Sewell <chrisj_sewell@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 14:01:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=9A=80=20RELEASE=20v4.2.0?=
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 CHANGELOG.md            | 4 ++++
 markdown_it/__init__.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 108b1562..4d50cb3e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 4.2.0 - 2026-05-07
+
+* ✨ Add `make_fence_rule()` factory for configurable fence markers in [#394](https://github.com/executablebooks/markdown-it-py/pull/394)
+
 ## 4.1.0 - 2025-05-06
 
 * ✨ Add `gfm-like2` preset with task lists, alerts, and single-tilde strikethrough core plugins in [#388](https://github.com/executablebooks/markdown-it-py/pull/388)
diff --git a/markdown_it/__init__.py b/markdown_it/__init__.py
index 523d92ef..58dfa3bc 100644
--- a/markdown_it/__init__.py
+++ b/markdown_it/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """A Python port of Markdown-It"""
 
 __all__ = ("MarkdownIt",)
-__version__ = "4.1.0"
+__version__ = "4.2.0"
 
 from .main import MarkdownIt