diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index e8fd35e7e3..c547d5792d 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ hide:
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.142.0 (2026-09-29)
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Add native OpenTelemetry support. PR [#16403](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/pull/16403) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 1ca29aa85e..c41a4dc72c 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.141.1"
+__version__ = "0.142.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status