diff --git a/devel/kerl/Makefile b/devel/kerl/Makefile
index 43f99b4599bc..a0f93c1d2f92 100644
--- a/devel/kerl/Makefile
+++ b/devel/kerl/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,43 @@
 PORTNAME=	kerl
-DISTVERSION=	3.1.0
+DISTVERSION=	4.2.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 EXTRACT_ONLY=	${DISTNAME}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	olgeni@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Virtualenv-like tool for Erlang/OTP
 WWW=		https://github.com/kerl/kerl
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/curl:ftp/curl
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/kerl
 PORTDOCS=	README.md
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		BASH DOCS ZSH
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	BASH ZSH
 
 BASH_PLIST_FILES=	share/bash-completion/completions/kerl
 ZSH_PLIST_FILES=	share/zsh/site-functions/_kerl
 
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/kerl ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 do-install-BASH-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/bash-completion/completions
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/bash_completion/kerl \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/bash-completion/completions/
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README.md ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 do-install-ZSH-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/zsh/site-functions/
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/zsh_completion/_kerl \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/zsh/site-functions/
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/kerl/distinfo b/devel/kerl/distinfo
index c996d9dc69a8..6b52aeb5227c 100644
--- a/devel/kerl/distinfo
+++ b/devel/kerl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1694367021
-SHA256 (kerl-kerl-3.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = c2f2885c1854ed6621e091e604de62a0e3155cb40f5088333ceced579d4092cb
-SIZE (kerl-kerl-3.1.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 42391
+TIMESTAMP = 1727375678
+SHA256 (kerl-kerl-4.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = a9306ad72d1d94d5e2592689cf54997e2481bd16813ed6eb4f8ed4f83f595ad4
+SIZE (kerl-kerl-4.2.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 45228