diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 240a8b38a..8051d9703 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,34 @@
 # Changelog 
 
+## 1.41.0
+
+- new apis to initiate video chats #1718 #1735
+
+- new apis `dc_msg_get_ephemeral_timer()`
+  and `dc_msg_get_ephemeral_timestamp()`
+
+- new api `dc_chatlist_get_summary2()` #1771
+
+- improve IMAP handling #1703 #1704
+
+- improve ephemeral messages #1696 #1705
+
+- mark location-messages as auto-generated #1715
+
+- multi-device avatar-sync #1716 #1717
+
+- improve python bindings #1732 #1733 #1738 #1769
+
+- Allow http scheme for DCACCOUNT urls #1770
+
+- more fixes #1702 #1706 #1707 #1710 #1719 #1721
+  #1723 #1734 #1740 #1744 #1748 #1760 #1766 #1773 #1765
+
+- refactorings #1712 #1714 #1757
+
+- update toolchains and dependencies #1726 #1736 #1737 #1742 #1743 #1746
+
+
 ## 1.40.0
 
 - introduce ephemeral messages #1540 #1680 #1683 #1684 #1691 #1692
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 16db94d11..67c6e6d37 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.40.0"
+version = "1.41.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.12.1",
  "anyhow",
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.40.0"
+version = "1.41.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e6f3a2cea..c73ea8be7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.40.0"
+version = "1.41.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 3a2c14402..4dc3f5623 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.40.0"
+version = "1.41.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"