diff --git a/cmake/CPackOptions.cmake.in b/cmake/CPackOptions.cmake.in
index 3a1c6a2b..49333f91 100644
--- a/cmake/CPackOptions.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/CPackOptions.cmake.in
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ set (CPACK_SET_DESTDIR "OFF")
 set (CPACK_PACKAGE_RELOCATABLE "true")
 
 if (${CPACK_GENERATOR} STREQUAL "RPM")
-  set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "root >= 6.14.08") 
+  set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "root >= 6.16.00") 
   set (CPACK_INSTALL_PREFIX "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@")
   set (CPACK_PACKAGING_INSTALL_PREFIX "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@")
   set (CPACK_RPM_FILE_NAME "RPM-DEFAULT")
-  set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE "1")
+  set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE "2")
   # next variable for RHEL, CentOS, Fedfora
   set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DIST "")
   set (CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "GPLv2")
diff --git a/cmake/ChangeLogRPM b/cmake/ChangeLogRPM
index eb75b666..f466dd30 100644
--- a/cmake/ChangeLogRPM
+++ b/cmake/ChangeLogRPM
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+* Mon Mar 11 2019 Andreas Suter <andreas.suter@psi.ch> - 1.4.2-2
+- minor version update
 * Mon Jan 14 2019 Andreas Suter <andreas.suter@psi.ch> - 1.4.0-1
 - first cpack/cmake version