diff --git a/constants/db.go b/constants/db.go
index e7d5bc778..1862a3ec4 100644
--- a/constants/db.go
+++ b/constants/db.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 // constants for installing db and fdw images
 const (
 	DatabaseVersion = "12.1.0"
-	FdwVersion      = "0.0.42-rc.7"
+	FdwVersion      = "0.0.42"
 
 	// DefaultEmbeddedPostgresImage :: The 12.1.0 image uses the older jar format 12.1.0-v2 is the same version of postgres,
 	// just packaged as gzipped tar files (consistent with oras, faster to unzip).  Once everyone is