chore(main): release 2.42.1 (#1853)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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##
[2.42.1](v2.42.0...v2.42.1)
(2025-10-30)


### Bug Fixes

* Catch ValueError for json.loads()
([#1842](#1842))
([b074cad](b074cad))

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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://pypi.org/project/google-auth/#history
 
+## [2.42.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/compare/v2.42.0...v2.42.1) (2025-10-30)
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+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Catch ValueError for json.loads() ([#1842](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/issues/1842)) ([b074cad](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/commit/b074cad460589633adfc6744c01726ae86f2aa2b))
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 ## [2.42.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-python/compare/v2.41.1...v2.42.0) (2025-10-24)
 
 

google/auth/version.py

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-__version__ = "2.42.0"
+__version__ = "2.42.1"