diff --git a/_pytest/__init__.py b/_pytest/__init__.py
index b3c35201c..1d5eb258a 100644
--- a/_pytest/__init__.py
+++ b/_pytest/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #
-__version__ = '2.4.1.dev1'
+__version__ = '2.4.1'
diff --git a/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.1.txt b/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64ba170f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/en/announce/release-2.4.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+pytest-2.4.1: fixing three regressions compared to 2.3.5
+===========================================================================
+
+pytest-2.4.1 is a quick follow up release to fix three regressions
+compared to 2.3.5 before they hit more people:
+
+- When using parser.addoption() unicode arguments to the
+  "type" keyword should also be converted to the respective types.
+  thanks Floris Bruynooghe, @dnozay. (fixes issue360 and issue362)
+
+- fix dotted filename completion when using argcomplete 
+  thanks Anthon van der Neuth. (fixes issue361)
+
+- fix regression when a 1-tuple ("arg",) is used for specifying
+  parametrization (the values of the parametrization were passed
+  nested in a tuple).  Thanks Donald Stufft.
+
+- also merge doc typo fixes, thanks Andy Dirnberger
+
+as usual, docs at http://pytest.org and upgrades via::
+
+    pip install -U pytest
+
+have fun,
+holger krekel
diff --git a/doc/en/conf.py b/doc/en/conf.py
index e3a00b69b..4f7ccee4f 100644
--- a/doc/en/conf.py
+++ b/doc/en/conf.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 #
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = release = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.4.1"
+release = "2.4.1"
 
 import sys, os
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 43b8cc433..76a9837f5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def main():
         name='pytest',
         description='py.test: simple powerful testing with Python',
         long_description = long_description,
-        version='2.4.1.dev1',
+        version='2.4.1',
         url='http://pytest.org',
         license='MIT license',
         platforms=['unix', 'linux', 'osx', 'cygwin', 'win32'],