diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 05d312f17..448069df2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ if (NOT EXISTS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/xml/codegen.pl OR NOT EXISTS ${dfhac
 endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
-set(DF_VERSION "0.42.05")
-SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha1")
+set(DF_VERSION "0.42.06")
+SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha0")
 SET(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index dd3e9e7f4..f371e2930 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit dd3e9e7f47a7991e91d5188546be107fdb61015b
+Subproject commit f371e293002f8f6d1e4704cc5869ca07ccf6c4d5