diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index dc90c310..518fc0dd 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ installed with e.g.
 
     $ pip(3) install kconfiglib --user
 
-All releases have a corresponding tag in the git repository, e.g. ``v4.0.0``
+All releases have a corresponding tag in the git repository, e.g. ``v4.1.0``
 (the latest version).
 
 `Semantic versioning <http://semver.org/>`_ is used. There's been
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a472940..606c3c23 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 setuptools.setup(
     name="kconfiglib",
     # MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, per http://semver.org
-    version="4.0.0",
+    version="4.1.0",
     description="A flexible Python Kconfig parser",
     long_description=
         open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "README.rst")).read(),