diff --git a/lib/net/http.rb b/lib/net/http.rb
index 34ca0669ebeb03..387df4b8f4ef3d 100644
--- a/lib/net/http.rb
+++ b/lib/net/http.rb
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ class HTTPHeaderSyntaxError < StandardError; end
   class HTTP < Protocol
 
     # :stopdoc:
-    VERSION = "0.4.0"
+    VERSION = "0.4.1"
     HTTPVersion = '1.1'
     begin
       require 'zlib'