I'm guessing the artisan file is what defines the output for the version number. Try re-downloading just that file and seeing if the version number is updated.

Check the vendor/composer/installed.json see if it says 4.2.x But in vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php it should say VERSION = '4.2.x'

Thanks for the answers guys.

@thepsion5, the artisan file doesn't seem to contain any version number and re-downloading it (which I did) doesn't help...

@Snelvuur, here's what I've got in the files you pointed out:

"name": "laravel/framework", "version": "4.0.x-dev",

const VERSION = '4.0.11';

Apparently the update didn't go well. Is there anything else besides requiring laravel 4.1(2) in composer.json that needs to be done so that composer updates all files? My assumption is that even if I've done some of the upgrade steps wrong, the require statement itself should force the new version to be downloaded...

I'm really puzzled :-/

Unless you've made changes to any packages, try deleting the vendor folder and running composer install again.

Yes, I've done that already but it didn't help... Have you guys upgraded successfully?

I had strange hickups in homestead.. posted it here and 2 days later it resolved itself. (maybe posting here helps) :P