diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.4.md b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
index 9e429b574f83b8281ae08282a7d57c2d03412ef0..a890fe6ecd5e8eb803345108dc230dc5c7d96e79 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.4.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.4.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Changes from version 2.3 which are relevant for developers:
     was personalized (e.g. with suffixes). Notice that this modifies the previously available `check` target.
     
     
-## Version 2.4.1 (coming soon)
+## Version 2.4.1 (Mar 2, 2018)
 
 For users:
   - Fixed an important bug affecting RMSD calculations with compilers supporting OpenMP 4 (e.g.: intel compiler). Notice that this bug might potentially affect not only
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c0fcc94f47e0d9a2ffeca486acab3641212d3b42..95aa5afef04763b0882a5db187fcecd6c80d6c3d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed --long-version" will return the full string
-2.4.0
+2.4.1