diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 94d70e44d1..3878c751a1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 4)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 1)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 2)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
index 2c36f36aa7..986a326980 100644
--- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ UniValue decodescript(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         r.push_back(Pair("asset_name", transfer.strName));
         r.push_back(Pair("amount", ValueFromAmount(transfer.nAmount)));
         if (!transfer.message.empty())
-            r.push_back(Pair("message", transfer.message));
+            r.push_back(Pair("message", EncodeAssetData(transfer.message)));
         if (transfer.nExpireTime)
             r.push_back(Pair("expire_time", transfer.nExpireTime));
 
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index d825e8d1a9..8fbd3508d5 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 // Update these four values on every release cycle
 // These values should match the values in configure.ac
 // Used for checking the Ravencoin releases on github
-static const std::string SOFTWARE_VERSION = "v4.1.0";
+static const std::string SOFTWARE_VERSION = "v4.2.0";
 static const int MAIN_SOFTWARE_VERSION = 4;
-static const int SECOND_SOFTWARE_VERSION = 1;
+static const int SECOND_SOFTWARE_VERSION = 2;
 static const int THIRD_SOFTWARE_VERSION = 0;
 
-static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70027;
+static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70028;
 
 //! initial proto version, to be increased after version/verack negotiation
 static const int INIT_PROTO_VERSION = 209;