diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bfada66bd2c4..39e7bc125bac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Deprecated
 
+## [2.42.1] - 2023-11-20
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Inserted missing USE statement for `C_PTR` in FieldPointerUtilities.F90
+
 ## [2.42.0] - 2023-10-27
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d14733c3bcaf..af1e66536d35 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif ()
 
 project (
   MAPL
-  VERSION 2.42.0
+  VERSION 2.42.1
   LANGUAGES Fortran CXX C)  # Note - CXX is required for ESMF
 
 # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui
diff --git a/field_utils/FieldPointerUtilities.F90 b/field_utils/FieldPointerUtilities.F90
index fc5cb8ca1323..b1a22258fcc8 100644
--- a/field_utils/FieldPointerUtilities.F90
+++ b/field_utils/FieldPointerUtilities.F90
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 module MAPL_FieldPointerUtilities
    use ESMF
    use MAPL_ExceptionHandling
+   use, intrinsic :: iso_c_binding, only: c_ptr, c_f_pointer
    implicit none
    private