diff --git a/Doc/changelog.docu b/Doc/changelog.docu
index 937c61a3..bfc243e8 100644
--- a/Doc/changelog.docu
+++ b/Doc/changelog.docu
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 <!-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
 
+<tr valign=top><td><b>4.1</b> (?/?/?,Rev.1308)</td><td>
+
+
 <tr valign=top><td><b>4.0</b> (2015/07/08,Rev.1308)</td><td>
 
 <b>LICENSE</b>
diff --git a/README b/README
index 468bffc5..248a8b8d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-OpenMesh, 4.0
+OpenMesh, 4.1
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 0. Licence
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index dea81e0a..f22148b0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-VERSION=4.0
+VERSION=4.1
 MAJOR=4
-MINOR=0
+MINOR=1
 PATCH=0
 ID=OPENMESH
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake b/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
index 15ea0068..3d22dfe3 100644
--- a/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ IF (NOT OPENMESH_FOUND)
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/libs_required/OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../OpenMesh/src/OpenMesh"
+    "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 4.1"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 4.0"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 3.4"
     "C:/Program Files/OpenMesh 3.3"
diff --git a/release.howto b/release.howto
index 21b7ce64..c8e9a160 100644
--- a/release.howto
+++ b/release.howto
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 2. check files with release numbers:
    cmake/FindOpenMesh.cmake
    Doc/changelog.docu
-   System/config.h
+   src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
    README
    VERSION
 3. Tag the current version in the svn (checkout, remove .svn readd as tag)
diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h b/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
index 659e3b03..c574b1f3 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/System/config.h
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#define OM_VERSION 0x40000
-// #define OM_VERSION 0x30400
+#define OM_VERSION 0x40100
 
 // only defined, if it is a beta version
 //#define OM_VERSION_BETA 4