diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c05e32421..6edf0a072 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Version 2.4.1 - Feb 25, 2015
+
+- Add support for scrypt(N, 1, 1)
+- Add optimized PowerPC code for scrypt and SHA-256d
+- Allow use of getblocktemplate with merge-mined cryptocurrencies
+- Automatically switch to getwork if no payout address is provided
+- Fix CVE-2014-6251
+
 Version 2.4 - May 20, 2014
 
 - Add support for the getblocktemplate RPC method (BIP 22)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 817224707..705d9936f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([cpuminer], [2.4])
+AC_INIT([cpuminer], [2.4.1])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.59c])
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
diff --git a/cpu-miner.c b/cpu-miner.c
index d43500fa7..91a27326b 100644
--- a/cpu-miner.c
+++ b/cpu-miner.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2010 Jeff Garzik
- * Copyright 2012-2014 pooler
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 pooler
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
diff --git a/minerd.1 b/minerd.1
index 3a712d55f..bfc8281a3 100644
--- a/minerd.1
+++ b/minerd.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MINERD 1 "May 2014" "cpuminer 2.4"
+.TH MINERD 1 "February 2015" "cpuminer 2.4.1"
 .SH NAME
 minerd \- CPU miner for Bitcoin and Litecoin
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 3bdac5e51..e94b57101 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2010 Jeff Garzik
  * Copyright 2012 Luke Dashjr
- * Copyright 2012-2014 pooler
+ * Copyright 2012-2015 pooler
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free