diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ae378e9..4b8f1b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "packageurl"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = [
     "Martin Larralde <martin.larralde@embl.de>",
     "Jens Reimann <ctron@dentrassi.de>",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 831a036..819d33d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Add this crate to the `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-packageurl = "0.4.0"
+packageurl = "0.4.1"
 ```
 
 Parse a string containing a raw PURL using the
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fn example() {
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-packageurl = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["serde"] }
+packageurl = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["serde"] }
 ```
 
 See more in the [online documentation](https://docs.rs/packageurl/).