diff --git a/appinfo/info.xml b/appinfo/info.xml
index 7baaca36..5dedfbcf 100755
--- a/appinfo/info.xml
+++ b/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <name>JavaScript XMPP Chat</name>
    <summary>Facebook-like chat</summary>
    <description>Facebook-like chat with end-to-end encrypted conversation, video calls, multi-user rooms, XMPP and internal server backend.</description>
-   <version>4.0.0</version>
+   <version>4.1.0-rc.1</version>
    <licence>agpl</licence>
    <author mail="klaus@jsxc.org">Klaus Herberth</author>
    <author>Tobia De Koninck</author>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04d3c3ba..6a1edacd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ojsxc",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.1.0-rc.1",
   "description": "Real-time chat app for Nextcloud",
   "homepage": "http://www.jsxc.org/",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/jsxc/jsxc/issues",