diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0480ade1dac4..97baa5276cf0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ internal API changes are not present.
 Main (unreleased)
 -----------------
 
+v0.41.0 (2024-05-31)
+--------------------
+
 ### Breaking changes
 
 - The default listen port for `otelcol.receiver.opencensus` has changed from
diff --git a/docs/sources/_index.md b/docs/sources/_index.md
index 3974801b5aef..c61ff7984856 100644
--- a/docs/sources/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/_index.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ title: Grafana Agent
 description: Grafana Agent is a flexible, performant, vendor-neutral, telemetry collector
 weight: 350
 cascade:
-  AGENT_RELEASE: v0.40.5
+  AGENT_RELEASE: v0.41.0
   OTEL_VERSION: v0.96.0
 refs:
   variants:
diff --git a/docs/sources/flow/release-notes.md b/docs/sources/flow/release-notes.md
index b5e311127a57..e01a37736d97 100644
--- a/docs/sources/flow/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/sources/flow/release-notes.md
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Other release notes for the different {{< param "PRODUCT_ROOT_NAME" >}} variants
 The default listen port for `otelcol.receiver.opencensus` has changed from 4317 to 55678 to align with the upstream defaults.
 To retain the previous listen port, explicitly set the `endpoint` argument to `0.0.0.0:4317` before upgrading.
 
+### Breaking change: default `mimir.rules.kubernetes` sync interval changed
+
+The default sync interval for `mimir.rules.kubernetes` has changed from `30s` to `5m` to reduce load on Mimir.
+
 ## v0.40
 
 ### Breaking change: Prohibit the configuration of services within modules.
diff --git a/static/operator/defaults.go b/static/operator/defaults.go
index 30ecbc4f2044..40be995cdd55 100644
--- a/static/operator/defaults.go
+++ b/static/operator/defaults.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package operator
 
 // Supported versions of the Grafana Agent.
 var (
-	DefaultAgentVersion   = "v0.40.5"
+	DefaultAgentVersion   = "v0.41.0"
 	DefaultAgentBaseImage = "grafana/agent"
 	DefaultAgentImage     = DefaultAgentBaseImage + ":" + DefaultAgentVersion
 )
diff --git a/tools/gen-versioned-files/agent-version.txt b/tools/gen-versioned-files/agent-version.txt
index 6a9c7cb0af27..9dedf1e9be1c 100644
--- a/tools/gen-versioned-files/agent-version.txt
+++ b/tools/gen-versioned-files/agent-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.40.5
+v0.41.0