diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ddfb5de..ffd5a1e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: doctest
-Version: 0.4.0
-Date: 2015-07-02
+Version: 0.4.1
+Date: 2016-01-04
 Author: various authors
 Maintainer: Colin B. Macdonald <cbm@m.fsf.org>, Michael Walter <michael.walter@gmail.com>
 Title: Documentation tests
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2228779..0fbd5d8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-doctest 0.4.1-dev
-=================
+doctest 0.4.1 (2016-01-04)
+==========================
 
   * Added conditional variants of SKIP and XFAIL directives to control test
     execution based on runtime conditions:
diff --git a/inst/doctest.m b/inst/doctest.m
index f655cc1..bf4854e 100644
--- a/inst/doctest.m
+++ b/inst/doctest.m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %% Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Grenfell Smith
 %% Copyright (c) 2011, 2013-2015 Michael Walter
-%% Copyright (c) 2015 Colin B. Macdonald
+%% Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Colin B. Macdonald
 %%
 %% Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 %% modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
 [color_ok, color_err, color_warn, reset] = doctest_colors(fid);
 
 % print banner
-fprintf(fid, 'Doctest v0.4.1-dev: this is Free Software without warranty, see source.\n\n');
+fprintf(fid, 'Doctest v0.4.1: this is Free Software without warranty, see source.\n\n');
 
 
 summary = struct();