diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e3a44f3..88a3a861 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+0.5.41 (27 September 2022)
+--------------------------
+
+- trim white space of invalid folding for first header
+
+- clear buffered data for body data
+
+- minor optimization for decompression code
+
 0.5.40 (21 April 2022)
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b9d76391..a0c221c7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # This file is intended to be sourced by sh
-PKG_VERSION=0.5.40
+PKG_VERSION=0.5.41