diff --git a/src/ensembl/utils/__init__.py b/src/ensembl/utils/__init__.py
index f090386..4884b80 100644
--- a/src/ensembl/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ensembl/utils/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 """Ensembl Python general-purpose utils library."""
 
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.1"
 
 __all__ = [
     "StrPath",