diff --git a/CHANGELOG-4.1.x.md b/CHANGELOG-4.1.x.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb3efcdcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG-4.1.x.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+## 4.1.0-RC1 
+
+> **Important**: Dependency to dachcom-digital/emailizr has been removed due to licensing issues with GPL and CCL. If
+> you are using the emailzr extension, please install it manually again with
+> composer require dachcom-digital/emailizr
+
+* [Attributes] allow PHP8 Attributes for tagging services by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2533
+* [TestBundle] introduce a standalone test-bundle to make testing with Pimcore and Behat easier by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2078
+* [Core] add tax-rule per store by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2341
+* [ResourceBundle] auto registration of pimcore models by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2536
+* [Payment] allow encryption of gatway configs by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2538
+* [Order] allow passing custom-attributes from price rules to order-item by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2555
+* [StorageList] Multi Cart Selection by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2631
+* [JMS] allow v5 by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2493
+* [OrderBundle] re-factor PDF rendering to use Pimcore Web2Print by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2668
+* [Emailzr] remove extension by @dpfaffenbauer in https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop/pull/2703
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diff --git a/src/CoreShop/Bundle/CoreBundle/Application/Version.php b/src/CoreShop/Bundle/CoreBundle/Application/Version.php
index 10a09966da..f8eb9f85ad 100644
--- a/src/CoreShop/Bundle/CoreBundle/Application/Version.php
+++ b/src/CoreShop/Bundle/CoreBundle/Application/Version.php
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ final class Version
 {
     public const MAJOR_VERSION = '4';
 
-    public const MINOR_VERSION = '0';
+    public const MINOR_VERSION = '1';
 
-    public const RELEASE_VERSION = '10';
+    public const RELEASE_VERSION = '0';
 
-    public const EXTRA_VERSION = '';
+    public const EXTRA_VERSION = 'RC1';
 
     public static function getVersion(): string
     {