diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index d4990db59ef..90d64dfc733 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = "4.1-dev"
+version = "4.1.0"
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = "4.1-dev"
+release = "4.1.0"
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b0eb875e9ea..2cdc39552bf 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = yt
-version = 4.1.dev0
+version = 4.1.0
 description = An analysis and visualization toolkit for volumetric data
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
diff --git a/yt/_version.py b/yt/_version.py
index c2826e0cb6e..7d078e11e22 100644
--- a/yt/_version.py
+++ b/yt/_version.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "version_info",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "4.1.dev0"  # keep in sync with setup.cfg
+__version__ = "4.1.0"  # keep in sync with setup.cfg
 
 
 class VersionTuple(NamedTuple):