diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67124f3..c2bb6b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ One line per change, grouped by the release that shipped it. Newest
 first. A release is a Cargo.toml bump plus a `v<version>` tag; the
 content repos pin the tag they run (see the end of this file).
 
+## 0.3.42 (2026-09-23)
+
+- people: the Kanidm person lookup reads the body, since Kanidm 1.11 answers a missing person with 200 and `null` rather than 404; before this every invite skipped account creation and failed on the group step
+
 ## 0.3.41 (2026-09-23)
 
 - publish: the iris release step retries on a fresh clone when its push loses a race against a push to iris main (the v0.3.40 tag never published)
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1237624..5e1a566 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3265,7 +3265,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "portal"
-version = "0.3.41"
+version = "0.3.42"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arc-swap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2727c1e..31e828d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "portal"
-version = "0.3.41"
+version = "0.3.42"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]