diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a20413f0..236f043c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0MQ version 4.1.0 rc1, released on 2014/10/14
+=============================================
+
+* Many changes, see ChangeLog.
+
+
 0MQ version 4.0.5 stable, released on 2014/10/14
 ================================================
 
diff --git a/include/zmq.h b/include/zmq.h
index 3baac64f..fdf2c65c 100644
--- a/include/zmq.h
+++ b/include/zmq.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 /*  Version macros for compile-time API version detection                     */
 #define ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR 4
-#define ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR 2
 #define ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 #define ZMQ_MAKE_VERSION(major, minor, patch) \