diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index f3baf4b1229..52ac0d9627d 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+24.1 (2024-06-20)
+=================
+
+Vendored Libraries
+------------------
+
+- Upgrade truststore to 0.9.1.
+
+
 24.1b2 (2024-06-12)
 ===================
 
diff --git a/news/truststore.vendor.rst b/news/truststore.vendor.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 08841296ff6..00000000000
--- a/news/truststore.vendor.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Upgraded truststore to 0.9.1.
diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index 0865ecd8a5e..531eec2d928 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-__version__ = "24.1.dev2"
+__version__ = "24.2.dev0"
 
 
 def main(args: Optional[List[str]] = None) -> int: