diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7e8e931..99d5ea1 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: eurlex
 Type: Package
 Title: Retrieve Data on European Union Law
-Version: 0.4.1
+Version: 0.4.2
 Authors@R: c(person(given = "Michal",
              family = "Ovadek",
              role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 92b3442..5215aa0 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# eurlex 0.4.2
+
+## Major changes
+
+- the returned results from `elx_make_query()` no longer include previous versions of the same record (new versions typically fix incorrect or missing metadata). This reduces the number of duplicates previously appearing in the results
+
 # eurlex 0.4.1
 
 ## Major changes
diff --git a/R/elx_make_query.R b/R/elx_make_query.R
index 703b53b..f0b7d73 100644
--- a/R/elx_make_query.R
+++ b/R/elx_make_query.R
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ elx_make_query <- function(resource_type = c("any","directive","regulation","dec
 
   if (include_citations == TRUE){
 
-    query <- paste(query, "OPTIONAL{?work cdm:work_cites_work ?citation. ?citation cdm:resource_legal_id_celex ?citationcelex.}")
+    query <- paste(query, "OPTIONAL{?work cdm:work_cites_work ?citation. 
+                   ?citation cdm:resource_legal_id_celex ?citationcelex.}")
 
   }
 
@@ -486,6 +487,12 @@ elx_make_query <- function(resource_type = c("any","directive","regulation","dec
     query <- paste(query, "OPTIONAL{?work cdm:resource_legal_id_sector ?sector.}")
 
   }
+  
+  # add filter to hide versioned works (keeps only latest)
+  query <- paste(
+    query,
+    'FILTER not exists{?work cdm:do_not_index "true"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#boolean>}.'
+  )
 
   if (order == TRUE){
     query <- paste(query, "} order by str(?date)")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 039c620..0ae9dd7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Please consider contributing to the maintenance and development of the package b
 
 ## Latest changes
 
+### eurlex 0.4.2
+
+- the returned results from `elx_make_query()` no longer include previous versions of the same record (new versions typically fix incorrect or missing metadata)
+
 ### eurlex 0.4.1
 
 - `elx_fetch_data(type = "notice", notice = c("tree","branch", "object"))` now mirrors the behaviour of `elx_download_xml()` but instead of saving to path givess access to XML notice in R