diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fa3e0f8..945c70ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 4.2.0
+
+- added `includePackages` option (thanks to @WIStudent)
+
 # 4.1.4
 
 - provide compatibility starting from Node 12 via package.json `engines` field
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03d1801a..1abb1cf7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "webpack-license-plugin",
-  "version": "4.1.4",
+  "version": "4.2.0",
   "description": "Extracts OSS license information of the npm packages in your webpack output",
   "keywords": [
     "webpack",