diff --git a/docs/clients/install.md b/docs/clients/install.md
index aa1d611e5a..3a3de9a860 100644
--- a/docs/clients/install.md
+++ b/docs/clients/install.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 <!-- CORTEX_VERSION_README x2 -->
 ```bash
-# download CLI version 0.42.0 (Note the "v"):
-bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.0/get-cli.sh)"
+# download CLI version 0.42.1 (Note the "v"):
+bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.1/get-cli.sh)"
 ```
 
 By default, the Cortex CLI is installed at `/usr/local/bin/cortex`. To install the executable elsewhere, export the `CORTEX_INSTALL_PATH` environment variable to your desired location before running the command above.
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ pip install cortex
 ```
 
 <!-- CORTEX_VERSION_README x2 -->
-To install or upgrade to a specific version (e.g. v0.42.0):
+To install or upgrade to a specific version (e.g. v0.42.1):
 
 ```bash
-pip install cortex==0.42.0
+pip install cortex==0.42.1
 ```
 
 To upgrade to the latest version:
diff --git a/docs/clusters/management/create.md b/docs/clusters/management/create.md
index e71ee91f12..80c4ea456e 100644
--- a/docs/clusters/management/create.md
+++ b/docs/clusters/management/create.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 <!-- CORTEX_VERSION_README -->
 ```bash
 # install the cortex CLI
-bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.0/get-cli.sh)"
+bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.1/get-cli.sh)"
 
 # create a cluster
 cortex cluster up cluster.yaml
@@ -105,32 +105,32 @@ The docker images used by the cluster can also be overridden. They can be config
 
 <!-- CORTEX_VERSION_BRANCH_STABLE -->
 ```yaml
-image_manager: quay.io/cortexlabs/manager:0.42.0
-image_operator: quay.io/cortexlabs/operator:0.42.0
-image_controller_manager: quay.io/cortexlabs/controller-manager:0.42.0
-image_autoscaler: quay.io/cortexlabs/autoscaler:0.42.0
-image_proxy: quay.io/cortexlabs/proxy:0.42.0
-image_async_gateway: quay.io/cortexlabs/async-gateway:0.42.0
-image_activator: quay.io/cortexlabs/activator:0.42.0
-image_enqueuer: quay.io/cortexlabs/enqueuer:0.42.0
-image_dequeuer: quay.io/cortexlabs/dequeuer:0.42.0
-image_cluster_autoscaler: quay.io/cortexlabs/cluster-autoscaler:0.42.0
-image_metrics_server: quay.io/cortexlabs/metrics-server:0.42.0
-image_nvidia_device_plugin: quay.io/cortexlabs/nvidia-device-plugin:0.42.0
-image_neuron_device_plugin: quay.io/cortexlabs/neuron-device-plugin:0.42.0
-image_neuron_scheduler: quay.io/cortexlabs/neuron-scheduler:0.42.0
-image_fluent_bit: quay.io/cortexlabs/fluent-bit:0.42.0
-image_istio_proxy: quay.io/cortexlabs/istio-proxy:0.42.0
-image_istio_pilot: quay.io/cortexlabs/istio-pilot:0.42.0
-image_prometheus: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus:0.42.0
-image_prometheus_config_reloader: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-config-reloader:0.42.0
-image_prometheus_operator: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-operator:0.42.0
-image_prometheus_statsd_exporter: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-statsd-exporter:0.42.0
-image_prometheus_dcgm_exporter: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-dcgm-exporter:0.42.0
-image_prometheus_kube_state_metrics: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-kube-state-metrics:0.42.0
-image_prometheus_node_exporter: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-node-exporter:0.42.0
-image_kube_rbac_proxy: quay.io/cortexlabs/kube-rbac-proxy:0.42.0
-image_grafana: quay.io/cortexlabs/grafana:0.42.0
-image_event_exporter: quay.io/cortexlabs/event-exporter:0.42.0
-image_kubexit: quay.io/cortexlabs/kubexit:0.42.0
+image_manager: quay.io/cortexlabs/manager:0.42.1
+image_operator: quay.io/cortexlabs/operator:0.42.1
+image_controller_manager: quay.io/cortexlabs/controller-manager:0.42.1
+image_autoscaler: quay.io/cortexlabs/autoscaler:0.42.1
+image_proxy: quay.io/cortexlabs/proxy:0.42.1
+image_async_gateway: quay.io/cortexlabs/async-gateway:0.42.1
+image_activator: quay.io/cortexlabs/activator:0.42.1
+image_enqueuer: quay.io/cortexlabs/enqueuer:0.42.1
+image_dequeuer: quay.io/cortexlabs/dequeuer:0.42.1
+image_cluster_autoscaler: quay.io/cortexlabs/cluster-autoscaler:0.42.1
+image_metrics_server: quay.io/cortexlabs/metrics-server:0.42.1
+image_nvidia_device_plugin: quay.io/cortexlabs/nvidia-device-plugin:0.42.1
+image_neuron_device_plugin: quay.io/cortexlabs/neuron-device-plugin:0.42.1
+image_neuron_scheduler: quay.io/cortexlabs/neuron-scheduler:0.42.1
+image_fluent_bit: quay.io/cortexlabs/fluent-bit:0.42.1
+image_istio_proxy: quay.io/cortexlabs/istio-proxy:0.42.1
+image_istio_pilot: quay.io/cortexlabs/istio-pilot:0.42.1
+image_prometheus: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus:0.42.1
+image_prometheus_config_reloader: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-config-reloader:0.42.1
+image_prometheus_operator: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-operator:0.42.1
+image_prometheus_statsd_exporter: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-statsd-exporter:0.42.1
+image_prometheus_dcgm_exporter: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-dcgm-exporter:0.42.1
+image_prometheus_kube_state_metrics: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-kube-state-metrics:0.42.1
+image_prometheus_node_exporter: quay.io/cortexlabs/prometheus-node-exporter:0.42.1
+image_kube_rbac_proxy: quay.io/cortexlabs/kube-rbac-proxy:0.42.1
+image_grafana: quay.io/cortexlabs/grafana:0.42.1
+image_event_exporter: quay.io/cortexlabs/event-exporter:0.42.1
+image_kubexit: quay.io/cortexlabs/kubexit:0.42.1
 ```
diff --git a/docs/clusters/management/update.md b/docs/clusters/management/update.md
index 8dd290417f..7747764617 100644
--- a/docs/clusters/management/update.md
+++ b/docs/clusters/management/update.md
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ If you are spinning a up a new cluster with a different Cortex version, first in
 <!-- CORTEX_VERSION_README x2 -->
 
 ```bash
-# download the desired CLI version, replace 0.42.0 with the desired version (Note the "v"):
-bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.0/get-cli.sh)"
+# download the desired CLI version, replace 0.42.1 with the desired version (Note the "v"):
+bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.1/get-cli.sh)"
 
 # confirm Cortex CLI version
 cortex version
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ You can use different Cortex CLIs to interact with the different versioned clust
 <!-- CORTEX_VERSION_README x4 -->
 
 ```bash
-# download the desired CLI version, replace 0.42.0 with the desired version (Note the "v"):
-CORTEX_INSTALL_PATH=$(pwd)/cortex0.42.0 bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.0/get-cli.sh)"
+# download the desired CLI version, replace 0.42.1 with the desired version (Note the "v"):
+CORTEX_INSTALL_PATH=$(pwd)/cortex0.42.1 bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.1/get-cli.sh)"
 
 # confirm cortex CLI version
-./cortex0.42.0 version
+./cortex0.42.1 version
 ```
 
 ### Deploy the APIs to your new cluster
diff --git a/docs/clusters/observability/alerting.md b/docs/clusters/observability/alerting.md
index 56f2462be9..4721ca86a1 100644
--- a/docs/clusters/observability/alerting.md
+++ b/docs/clusters/observability/alerting.md
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ containers:
   envFrom:
     - secretRef:
         name: grafana-smtp
-  image: quay.io/cortexlabs/grafana:0.42.0
+  image: quay.io/cortexlabs/grafana:0.42.1
   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   name: grafana
 # ...
diff --git a/docs/start.md b/docs/start.md
index 2fae846f75..bf127a94f9 100644
--- a/docs/start.md
+++ b/docs/start.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <!-- CORTEX_VERSION_README -->
 ```bash
 # install the CLI
-bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.0/get-cli.sh)"
+bash -c "$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cortexlabs/cortex/v0.42.1/get-cli.sh)"
 
 # create a cluster
 cortex cluster up cluster.yaml
diff --git a/get-cli.sh b/get-cli.sh
index 27fdd6f319..cdb45a758d 100755
--- a/get-cli.sh
+++ b/get-cli.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-CORTEX_VERSION_BRANCH_STABLE=0.42.0
+CORTEX_VERSION_BRANCH_STABLE=0.42.1
 CORTEX_INSTALL_PATH="${CORTEX_INSTALL_PATH:-/usr/local/bin/cortex}"
 
 # replace ~ with the home directory path