diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1e5053..1af3cb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
     <artifactId>commons-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>41</version>
+    <version>42</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 270b202..0c1ea01 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   <body>
 
   <release version="1.0" date="tba" description="tba">
+    <action issue="TEXT-50" type="update" dev="chtompki">Upgrade from commons-parent version 41 to version 42</action>
     <action issue="TEXT-40" type="add" dev="chtompki" due-to="Sampanna Kahu">Escape HTML characters only once</action>
     <action issue="TEXT-37" type="fix" dev="djones">Global vs local source of randomness</action>
     <action issue="TEXT-38" type="fix" dev="djones">Fluent API in "RandomStringBuilder"</action>