diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b29f3bd6dfa9b6e7212c45bf49cac2ba3e44d0fa..df1dbfda78351a186f9b753999f95b445f2b9f53 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ find_package(GaudiProject)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Declare project name and version
-gaudi_project(DaVinci v42r4
-              USE Analysis v18r3
-                  Stripping v11r2
+gaudi_project(DaVinci v42r5
+              USE Analysis v18r4
+                  Stripping v11r3
               DATA AppConfig VERSION v3r*
                    FieldMap VERSION v5r*
                    ParamFiles VERSION v8r*
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v42r5.md b/ReleaseNotes/v42r5.md
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/ReleaseNotes/v42r5.md
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+2017-07-06 DaVinci v42r5
+========================================
+
+Release for 2017 production
+----------------------------------------
+
+This version is released on the master branch.
+It is based on Gaudi v28r2, LHCb v42r5, Rec v21r5, Phys v23r5, Analysis v18r4 and Stripping v11r3.
+Uses LCG_88 with ROOT 6.08.06.
+
+- Patches
+  - Temporarily add Hlt/HltDAQ from lhcb/LHCb!767 to allow for proper use of
+    HltSelReportsWriter in Tesla.
+    Exact commit used is f40cd7809d537c293ad4b1624c235b95715bfbd8
+
+
+- Tesla configuration house-keeping
+  - Update RawFormatVersion to the latest 0.4
+  - Support offline mode with TurboSP (for TURCAL)
+  - Always save Turbo/pRec
+  - Juggle raw event to mimic Brunel behaviour
+  - Fix killing of Hlt2SelReports
+  - Fix writing of stripped SelReports
+  - Other small improvements and fixes
+  - See merge request !73
+- Removed versions from packages (in CMakeLists.txt)
+  - See merge request !74
+- Revert "Merge branch 'patch-gaudiconf' into 'master'",
+  - This reverts merge request !70
+  - See merge request !72