diff --git a/bigchaindb/version.py b/bigchaindb/version.py
index f892d89f..ce4b94e3 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/version.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '0.4.0'
-__short_version__ = '0.4'
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+__version__ = '0.4.1'
+__short_version__ = '0.4'