diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 507912c5..cf1dd2b0 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.42.0"
+  ".": "1.42.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9c960fa0..20f99727 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.42.1 (2024-02-04)
+
+Full Changelog: [v1.42.0...v1.42.1](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/compare/v1.42.0...v1.42.1)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* prevent crash when platform.architecture() is not allowed ([#163](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/issues/163)) ([20629a0](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/commit/20629a05e67981b09a3b506ae32e5d3d64ca9420))
+
+
+### Chores
+
+* **interal:** make link to api.md relative ([#161](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/issues/161)) ([7710cdc](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/commit/7710cdcad2adeaa76d1ff7f7ee6e149a5e67c451))
+
 ## 1.42.0 (2024-02-01)
 
 Full Changelog: [v1.41.0...v1.42.0](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/compare/v1.41.0...v1.42.0)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2fe0f57..039d8b95 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ and offers both synchronous and asynchronous clients powered by [httpx](https://
 
 ## Documentation
 
-The REST API documentation can be found [on docs.withorb.com](https://docs.withorb.com/reference/api-reference). The full API of this library can be found in [api.md](https://www.github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/blob/main/api.md).
+The REST API documentation can be found [on docs.withorb.com](https://docs.withorb.com/reference/api-reference). The full API of this library can be found in [api.md](api.md).
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pip install orb-billing
 
 ## Usage
 
-The full API of this library can be found in [api.md](https://www.github.com/orbcorp/orb-python/blob/main/api.md).
+The full API of this library can be found in [api.md](api.md).
 
 ```python
 import os
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d9ecc3d..ec6123c1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "orb-billing"
-version = "1.42.0"
+version = "1.42.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the orb API"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/src/orb/_base_client.py b/src/orb/_base_client.py
index d7e5127d..73bd2411 100644
--- a/src/orb/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/orb/_base_client.py
@@ -1836,8 +1836,12 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 
 
 def get_platform() -> Platform:
-    system = platform.system().lower()
-    platform_name = platform.platform().lower()
+    try:
+        system = platform.system().lower()
+        platform_name = platform.platform().lower()
+    except Exception:
+        return "Unknown"
+
     if "iphone" in platform_name or "ipad" in platform_name:
         # Tested using Python3IDE on an iPhone 11 and Pythonista on an iPad 7
         # system is Darwin and platform_name is a string like:
@@ -1880,8 +1884,8 @@ def platform_headers(version: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
         "X-Stainless-Package-Version": version,
         "X-Stainless-OS": str(get_platform()),
         "X-Stainless-Arch": str(get_architecture()),
-        "X-Stainless-Runtime": platform.python_implementation(),
-        "X-Stainless-Runtime-Version": platform.python_version(),
+        "X-Stainless-Runtime": get_python_runtime(),
+        "X-Stainless-Runtime-Version": get_python_version(),
     }
 
 
@@ -1897,9 +1901,27 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 Arch = Union[OtherArch, Literal["x32", "x64", "arm", "arm64", "unknown"]]
 
 
+def get_python_runtime() -> str:
+    try:
+        return platform.python_implementation()
+    except Exception:
+        return "unknown"
+
+
+def get_python_version() -> str:
+    try:
+        return platform.python_version()
+    except Exception:
+        return "unknown"
+
+
 def get_architecture() -> Arch:
-    python_bitness, _ = platform.architecture()
-    machine = platform.machine().lower()
+    try:
+        python_bitness, _ = platform.architecture()
+        machine = platform.machine().lower()
+    except Exception:
+        return "unknown"
+
     if machine in ("arm64", "aarch64"):
         return "arm64"
 
diff --git a/src/orb/_version.py b/src/orb/_version.py
index 15ae6bd1..f016ce96 100644
--- a/src/orb/_version.py
+++ b/src/orb/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless.
 
 __title__ = "orb"
-__version__ = "1.42.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.42.1"  # x-release-please-version