diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 6b033bcfb..9941cb58a 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -218,51 +218,51 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.bouncycastle/bcutil-jdk18on/1.76, MIT, approved, #9828
 maven/mavencentral/org.ccil.cowan.tagsoup/tagsoup/1.2.1, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/org.checkerframework/checker-qual/3.12.0, MIT, approved, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.angus/angus-activation/1.0.0, EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only with Classpath-exception-2.0, approved, ee4j.angus
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/api-observability/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/autodoc-processor/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/boot/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/catalog-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/connector-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/contract-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/control-plane-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/core-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/crypto-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-crypto/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-web/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-trust-service/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-trust-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-trust-transform/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-providers/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jetty-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/json-ld-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/json-ld/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/junit/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jws2020/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jwt-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jwt-verifiable-credentials/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/ldp-verifiable-credentials/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/management-api-test-fixtures/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-evaluator/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-model/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/runtime-metamodel/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/state-machine/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-datasource-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transfer-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/util/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-core/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/web-spi/0.4.1-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/api-observability/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/autodoc-processor/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/boot/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/catalog-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/connector-core/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/contract-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/control-plane-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/core-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/crypto-core/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/http/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-core/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-crypto/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-did-web/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-trust-service/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-trust-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/identity-trust-transform/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-core/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jersey-providers/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jetty-core/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/json-ld-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/json-ld/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/junit/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jws2020/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jwt-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/jwt-verifiable-credentials/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/ldp-verifiable-credentials/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/management-api-test-fixtures/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-engine/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-evaluator/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-model/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/runtime-metamodel/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/state-machine/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-datasource-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transaction-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transfer-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-core/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/transform-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/util/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-core/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/validator-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/web-spi/0.4.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain/jetty-jakarta-servlet-api/5.0.2, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain/jetty-jakarta-websocket-api/2.0.0, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty.websocket/websocket-core-client/11.0.18, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e429176fe..338f4e97f 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 group=org.eclipse.edc
-version=0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
+version=0.4.2-SNAPSHOT
 
-edcGradlePluginsVersion=0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
-annotationProcessorVersion=0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
-metaModelVersion=0.4.1-SNAPSHOT
+edcGradlePluginsVersion=0.4.2-SNAPSHOT
+annotationProcessorVersion=0.4.2-SNAPSHOT
+metaModelVersion=0.4.2-SNAPSHOT
 
 # information required for publishing artifacts:
 edcScmConnection=scm:git:git@github.com:eclipse-edc/IdentityHub.git
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d76429be8..4f0bce472 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ format.version = "1.1"
 [versions]
 assertj = "3.24.2"
 awaitility = "4.2.0"
-edc = "0.4.1-SNAPSHOT"
+edc = "0.4.2-SNAPSHOT"
 failsafe = "3.3.2"
 jackson = "2.14.2"
 jupiter = "5.10.1"