diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9cc847009c..e5ae62fc62 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([yara], [4.0.2], [vmalvarez@virustotal.com])
+AC_INIT([yara], [4.1.0], [vmalvarez@virustotal.com])
 
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([cli/yara.c])
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index fdc544ffd2..02a2bc82eb 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'yara'
-copyright = u'2014-2020, VirusTotal'
+copyright = u'2014-2021, VirusTotal'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '4.0'
+version = '4.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '4.0.2'
+release = '4.1.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted.rst b/docs/gettingstarted.rst
index 869746305d..63572749f0 100644
--- a/docs/gettingstarted.rst
+++ b/docs/gettingstarted.rst
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Compiling and installing YARA
 
 Download the source tarball and get prepared for compiling it::
 
-    tar -zxf yara-4.0.0.tar.gz
-    cd yara-4.0.0
+    tar -zxf yara-4.1.0.tar.gz
+    cd yara-4.1.0
     ./bootstrap.sh
 
 Make sure you have ``automake``, ``libtool``, ``make``  and ``gcc`` and ``pkg-config`` installed in your system. Ubuntu and Debian users can use::
diff --git a/libyara/Makefile.am b/libyara/Makefile.am
index b457077f3f..e811644390 100644
--- a/libyara/Makefile.am
+++ b/libyara/Makefile.am
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ dist_noinst_DATA = pb/yara.proto
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libyara.la
 
-libyara_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number 4:0:2
+libyara_la_LDFLAGS = -version-number 4:1:0
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = \
 	lexer.c \
diff --git a/libyara/include/yara/libyara.h b/libyara/include/yara/libyara.h
index a7d753d0cd..9baabcab6f 100644
--- a/libyara/include/yara/libyara.h
+++ b/libyara/include/yara/libyara.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <yara/utils.h>
 
 #define YR_MAJOR_VERSION 4
-#define YR_MINOR_VERSION 0
-#define YR_MICRO_VERSION 2
+#define YR_MINOR_VERSION 1
+#define YR_MICRO_VERSION 0
 
 #define version_str(s)  _version_str(s)
 #define _version_str(s) #s