diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 86d174b768..8239f714bc 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ For more detailed information, please see the git log.
 
 These release notes can also be consulted at https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Release_notes.html.
 
+v4.1.2 (March 16th 2020)
+------------------------
+
+bugfix release
+
+- fix gitdb dependency on Python 2.6 in test configuration (#3212)
+- fix broken test for --review-pr by using different PR to test with (#3226)
+- censor authorization part of headers before logging ReST API request (#3248)
+
 v4.1.1 (January 16th 2020)
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/easybuild/base/rest.py b/easybuild/base/rest.py
index 0aa0b08fcf..842c0bd3c8 100644
--- a/easybuild/base/rest.py
+++ b/easybuild/base/rest.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 :author: Jens Timmerman
 """
 import base64
+import copy
 import json
 from functools import partial
 
@@ -162,7 +163,13 @@ def request(self, method, url, body, headers, content_type=None):
         if self.auth_header is not None:
             headers['Authorization'] = self.auth_header
         headers['User-Agent'] = self.user_agent
-        fancylogger.getLogger().debug('cli request: %s, %s, %s, %s', method, url, body, headers)
+
+        # censor contents of 'Authorization' part of header, to avoid leaking tokens or passwords in logs
+        headers_censored = copy.deepcopy(headers)
+        headers_censored['Authorization'] = '<actual authorization header censored>'
+
+        fancylogger.getLogger().debug('cli request: %s, %s, %s, %s', method, url, body, headers_censored)
+
         # TODO: in recent python: Context manager
         conn = self.get_connection(method, url, body, headers)
         status = conn.code
diff --git a/easybuild/tools/version.py b/easybuild/tools/version.py
index ca7d7a8e65..03ea55c176 100644
--- a/easybuild/tools/version.py
+++ b/easybuild/tools/version.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 # recent setuptools versions will *TRANSFORM* something like 'X.Y.Zdev' into 'X.Y.Z.dev0', with a warning like
 #   UserWarning: Normalizing '2.4.0dev' to '2.4.0.dev0'
 # This causes problems further up the dependency chain...
-VERSION = LooseVersion('4.1.1')
+VERSION = LooseVersion('4.1.2')
 UNKNOWN = 'UNKNOWN'
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b7aa408d58..3a93ac826f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ keyring==5.7.1; python_version < '2.7'
 keyring<=9.1; python_version >= '2.7'
 keyrings.alt; python_version >= '2.7'
 
+# GitDB 4.0.1 no longer supports Python 2.6
+gitdb==0.6.4; python_version < '2.7'
+gitdb; python_version >= '2.7'
+
 # GitPython 2.1.9 no longer supports Python 2.6
 GitPython==2.1.8; python_version < '2.7'
 GitPython; python_version >= '2.7'
diff --git a/test/framework/options.py b/test/framework/options.py
index bcb3dcbe09..ee6d789a14 100644
--- a/test/framework/options.py
+++ b/test/framework/options.py
@@ -1233,6 +1233,39 @@ def test_from_pr(self):
             print("Ignoring URLError '%s' in test_from_pr" % err)
             shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
 
+    def test_from_pr_token_log(self):
+        """Check that --from-pr doesn't leak GitHub token in log."""
+        if self.github_token is None:
+            print("Skipping test_from_pr_token_log, no GitHub token available?")
+            return
+
+        fd, dummylogfn = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='easybuild-dummy', suffix='.log')
+        os.close(fd)
+
+        args = [
+            # PR for foss/2018b, see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/6424/files
+            '--from-pr=6424',
+            '--dry-run',
+            '--debug',
+            # an argument must be specified to --robot, since easybuild-easyconfigs may not be installed
+            '--robot=%s' % os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'easyconfigs'),
+            '--github-user=%s' % GITHUB_TEST_ACCOUNT,  # a GitHub token should be available for this user
+        ]
+        try:
+            self.mock_stdout(True)
+            self.mock_stderr(True)
+            outtxt = self.eb_main(args, logfile=dummylogfn, raise_error=True)
+            stdout = self.get_stdout()
+            stderr = self.get_stderr()
+            self.mock_stdout(False)
+            self.mock_stderr(False)
+            self.assertFalse(self.github_token in outtxt)
+            self.assertFalse(self.github_token in stdout)
+            self.assertFalse(self.github_token in stderr)
+
+        except URLError as err:
+            print("Ignoring URLError '%s' in test_from_pr" % err)
+
     def test_from_pr_listed_ecs(self):
         """Test --from-pr in combination with specifying easyconfigs on the command line."""
         if self.github_token is None:
@@ -2710,17 +2743,17 @@ def test_review_pr(self):
 
         self.mock_stdout(True)
         self.mock_stderr(True)
-        # PR for CMake 3.12.1 easyconfig, see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/6660
+        # PR for gzip 1.10 easyconfig, see https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/9921
         args = [
             '--color=never',
             '--github-user=%s' % GITHUB_TEST_ACCOUNT,
-            '--review-pr=6660',
+            '--review-pr=9921',
         ]
         self.eb_main(args, raise_error=True)
         txt = self.get_stdout()
         self.mock_stdout(False)
         self.mock_stderr(False)
-        regex = re.compile(r"^Comparing CMake-3.12.1-\S* with CMake-3.12.1-")
+        regex = re.compile(r"^Comparing gzip-1.10-\S* with gzip-1.10-")
         self.assertTrue(regex.search(txt), "Pattern '%s' not found in: %s" % (regex.pattern, txt))
 
     def test_set_tmpdir(self):