diff --git a/README/ReleaseNotes/v642/index.md b/README/ReleaseNotes/v642/index.md
index d04da9e29395c..f54e8f6cc0bc8 100644
--- a/README/ReleaseNotes/v642/index.md
+++ b/README/ReleaseNotes/v642/index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-% ROOT Version ?.?? Release Notes
-% 20??-??-??
+% ROOT Version 6.42 Release Notes
+% 2026-11-15
 <a name="TopOfPage"></a>
 
 ## Introduction
@@ -78,3 +78,9 @@ If the vectorized backend does not work for a given use case, **please report it
 ## Documentation and Examples
 
 ## Build, Configuration and Testing
+
+## Versions of built-in packages
+
+The version of the following packages has been updated:
+
+ - xrootd: 5.9.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/builtins/xrootd/CMakeLists.txt b/builtins/xrootd/CMakeLists.txt
index b87fe68eb5207..f9b479616eb16 100644
--- a/builtins/xrootd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/builtins/xrootd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 include(ExternalProject)
 
-set(XROOTD_VERSION "5.9.2")
+set(XROOTD_VERSION "5.9.5")
 set(XROOTD_PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/XROOTD-prefix)
 
 message(STATUS "Downloading and building XROOTD version ${XROOTD_VERSION}")
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ endif()
 ExternalProject_Add(
     BUILTIN_XROOTD
     URL ${lcgpackages}/xrootd-${XROOTD_VERSION}.tar.gz
-    URL_HASH SHA256=e29edb755d5f728eff0c74f7bd8cec35c954239ea747975eebd9c1e2bd61edb5
+    URL_HASH SHA256=f16c33d133bbdaf0db79815d7e13bbd5792e3eac3716cf34ee13e4bbd389b85b
     INSTALL_DIR ${XROOTD_PREFIX}
     CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=<INSTALL_DIR>
                -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:STRING=${OPENSSL_PREFIX}