diff --git a/repo b/repo
index b598c327..adcfb6eb 100755
--- a/repo
+++ b/repo
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
 #
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if not REPO_REV:
 BUG_URL = "https://issues.gerritcodereview.com/issues/new?component=1370071"
 
 # increment this whenever we make important changes to this script
-VERSION = (2, 40)
+VERSION = (2, 42)
 
 # increment this if the MAINTAINER_KEYS block is modified
 KEYRING_VERSION = (2, 3)