diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eded6c6..4401251 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ versioning; while the package is below 1.0, minor releases may change public beh
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.4.1] - 2026-08-14
+
 ### Added
 
 - The post-fix GraphKeeper Memory Bench #1 result, recording a PASS for grounded
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c942cd9..6896c75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) for the development workflow, extension
 and boundaries, [prepared contribution issues](docs/contributor-issues.md),
 [`SUPPORT.md`](.github/SUPPORT.md) for usage help, and
 [`SECURITY.md`](.github/SECURITY.md) for private vulnerability reporting. Version
-`0.4.0` is pre-1.0 and its API may change. Release ownership and the target version
+`0.4.1` is pre-1.0 and its API may change. Release ownership and the target version
 must be verified immediately before publishing; completing the repository release
 gates does not publish anything.
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7357481..accd5a5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "graphkeeper",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "graphkeeper",
-      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "version": "0.4.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "bin": {
         "graphkeeper": "dist/src/cli.js"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e492e0b..1995a2e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "graphkeeper",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "description": "Grounded, auditable memory for coding agents.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/anusbutt/Graph_Keeper#readme",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index feec16e..33a926c 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export interface CliTerminal {
   readonly confirm: (prompt: string) => Promise<boolean>;
 }
 
-const VERSION = '0.4.0';
+const VERSION = '0.4.1';
 const COMMANDS = new Set(['init', 'integrate', 'check', 'query', 'doctor', 'update']);
 
 const USAGE = [
diff --git a/tests/e2e/cli-help.test.ts b/tests/e2e/cli-help.test.ts
index 82355c6..836e707 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/cli-help.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/cli-help.test.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ test('prints the package version successfully', async () => {
   const exitCode = await run(['--version'], capture.io);
 
   assert.equal(exitCode, EXIT_SUCCESS);
-  assert.deepEqual(capture.stdout, ['0.4.0']);
+  assert.deepEqual(capture.stdout, ['0.4.1']);
   assert.equal(capture.stderr.length, 0);
 });
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ test('compiled CLI entrypoint runs through an npm-style symlink', {
     const result = await runCommand(process.execPath, [linkPath, '--version'], directory);
 
     assert.equal(result.exitCode, EXIT_SUCCESS);
-    assert.equal(result.stdout, '0.4.0\n');
+    assert.equal(result.stdout, '0.4.1\n');
     assert.equal(result.stderr, '');
   } finally {
     await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true });
diff --git a/tests/e2e/package-install.test.ts b/tests/e2e/package-install.test.ts
index 8642c3b..5059f21 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/package-install.test.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/package-install.test.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ test('a tarball installs in a clean directory and runs init, check, query, and d
   assert.match(help.stdout, /graphkeeper update/);
   const version = await runCli(['--version']);
   assert.equal(version.exitCode, 0, version.stderr);
-  assert.equal(version.stdout, '0.4.0\n');
+  assert.equal(version.stdout, '0.4.1\n');
   const initialized = await runCli(['init']);
   assert.equal(initialized.exitCode, 0, initialized.stderr);
   assert.match(initialized.stdout, /CREATE graph\/entities\.json/);
diff --git a/tests/integration/release-docs.test.ts b/tests/integration/release-docs.test.ts
index 2d0272e..1958246 100644
--- a/tests/integration/release-docs.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/release-docs.test.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ test('release version stays aligned across package, lockfile, CLI, README, and c
   const changelog = await readFile(join(projectRoot, 'CHANGELOG.md'), 'utf8');
   const version = manifest.version;
 
-  assert.equal(version, '0.4.0');
+  assert.equal(version, '0.4.1');
   assert.equal(lockfile.version, version);
   assert.equal(lockfile.packages?.['']?.version, version);
   assert.match(cli, new RegExp("const VERSION = '" + version?.replaceAll('.', '\\.') + "';"));
diff --git a/tests/unit/npm-pack.test.ts b/tests/unit/npm-pack.test.ts
index e468e38..a8d51dc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/npm-pack.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/npm-pack.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import test from 'node:test';
 import { parsePackManifest } from '../helpers/npm-pack.js';
 
 const manifest = {
-  filename: 'graphkeeper-0.4.0.tgz',
+  filename: 'graphkeeper-0.4.1.tgz',
   files: [{ path: 'package.json', mode: 420 }],
 };