diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f945d7ec27004f61eff901bee41c721dca01707..a43efa25fabe104d2d63f3ca4f094bd91c8b1bfa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added ###
 
-- `utils/make_db` has new `grant-permission` command.
-
 ### Changed ###
 
 ### Deprecated ###
@@ -21,6 +19,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Security ###
 
+## [4.1.0] - 2021-06-11 ##
+
+### Added ###
+
+- `utils/make_db` has new `grant-permission` command.
+
 ## [4.0.0] - 2021-02-10 ##
 
 ### Added ###
diff --git a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
index 41de1cfc3b50402985f2e75eff270f0fed0d4143..a5eeca10024f9d69b80192de3f8431a55b7f1a81 100644
--- a/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # Release Guidelines for the CaosDB MySQL Backend
 
-This document specifies release guidelines in addition to the generel release
+This document specifies release guidelines in addition to the general release
 guidelines of the CaosDB Project
 ([RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb/blob/dev/RELEASE_GUIDELINES.md))
 
 ## General Prerequisites
 
 * All tests are passing.
-* FEATURES.md is up-to-date and a public API is being declared in that document.
+* (FEATURES.md is up-to-date and a public API is being declared in that document.)
 * CHANGELOG.md is up-to-date.
-* DEPENDENCIES.md is up-to-date.
+* (DEPENDENCIES.md is up-to-date.)
+* Version in `doc/conf.py` is up-to-date.
 
 ## Steps
 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index dde0fdb1c7d96929eaa52b87ff4d26619aa1e529..2069f1b56b9c693b1826541caf02f5fed73996ee 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import sphinx_rtd_theme
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = 'caosdb-mysqlbackend'
-copyright = '2020, IndiScale GmbH'
+copyright = '2021, IndiScale GmbH'
 author = 'Daniel Hornung'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '3.0.0'
+version = '4.1.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '3.0.0'
+release = '4.1.0'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------