diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1464306e7..392b5ddb5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ endif()
 
 # make sure all the necessary submodules have been set up
 if (NOT EXISTS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/library/xml/codegen.pl OR NOT EXISTS ${dfhack_SOURCE_DIR}/depends/clsocket/CMakeLists.txt)
-    message(SEND_ERROR "One or more required submodules could not be found! Run 'git submodule update --init' from the root DFHack directory. (See the section 'Getting the Code' in Compile.rst or Compile.html)")
+    message(SEND_ERROR "One or more required submodules could not be found! Run 'git submodule update --init' from the root DFHack directory. (See the section 'Getting the Code' in docs/Compile.rst)")
 endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
-set(DF_VERSION "0.42.04")
-SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha2")
+set(DF_VERSION "0.42.05")
+SET(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha0")
 SET(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")