diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index da59f99..3e2bf49 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.0"
+  ".": "0.4.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8d47e5a..ee7f951 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.1](https://github.com/Lfd4/djangocms-haystack/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1) (2024-09-05)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* improve readme ([0bb8825](https://github.com/Lfd4/djangocms-haystack/commit/0bb882574a99f9f088e0da9ca0e7668b76073ddc))
+
 ## [0.4.0](https://github.com/Lfd4/djangocms-haystack/compare/v0.3.1...v0.4.0) (2024-07-30)
 
 
diff --git a/djangocms_haystack/__init__.py b/djangocms_haystack/__init__.py
index 6a9beea..3d26edf 100644
--- a/djangocms_haystack/__init__.py
+++ b/djangocms_haystack/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.4.0"
+__version__ = "0.4.1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbc7a5d..4310f3b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "djangocms-haystack"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 description = "aldryn-search inspired Haystack index for djangoCMS projects"
 authors = ["Filip Weidemann <filip.weidemann@lfda.de>"]
 readme = "README.md"