diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3d37746d1..85b1f7a86 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+41.rc.1
+=======
+* Make tests optional [Florian; !1975]
+* Misc. bug fixes [Florian; !1974]
+
+Contributors:
+  Florian Müllner
+
+Translators:
+  Daniel Șerbănescu [ro]
+
 41.rc
 =====
 * Optimize rendering of fullscreen zoom [Daniel; !1899]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9612d9f24..714f76324 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-shell', 'c',
-  version: '41.rc',
+  version: '41.rc.1',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
index 92b242624..58347148b 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/data/metainfo/org.gnome.Extensions.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   </description>
 
   <releases>
+    <release version="41.rc.1" type="development" date="2021-09-07"/>
     <release version="41.rc" type="development" date="2021-09-04"/>
     <release version="41.beta" type="development" date="2021-08-18"/>
     <release version="41.alpha" type="development" date="2021-05-13"/>
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
index 0bd6bc97c..cb4825ef7 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-app',
-  version: '41.rc',
+  version: '41.rc.1',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
index 1e66f740e..891dd94f9 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-tool/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-extensions-tool', 'c',
-  version: '41.rc',
+  version: '41.rc.1',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/shew/meson.build b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
index 6d8681d60..4510be388 100644
--- a/subprojects/shew/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/shew/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('shew', 'c',
-  version: '41.rc',
+  version: '41.rc.1',
   meson_version: '>= 0.53.0',
   license: 'LGPLv2+',
 )