diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0456cd79ab..f7c1911f3e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 4)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 61687d7733..013536fdab 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 // Update these four values on every release cycle
 // These values should match the values in configure.ac
 // Used for checking the Ravencoin releases on github
-static const std::string SOFTWARE_VERSION = "v4.0.0";
+static const std::string SOFTWARE_VERSION = "v4.1.0";
 static const int MAIN_SOFTWARE_VERSION = 4;
-static const int SECOND_SOFTWARE_VERSION = 0;
+static const int SECOND_SOFTWARE_VERSION = 1;
 static const int THIRD_SOFTWARE_VERSION = 0;
 
-static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70026;
+static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70027;
 
 //! initial proto version, to be increased after version/verack negotiation
 static const int INIT_PROTO_VERSION = 209;