diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index 1c39f0d8..9d724065 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+4.0.1
+~~~~~
+
+2024-xx-xx • `full history <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/compare/v4.0.0...HEAD>`__
+
+- 
+- Thanks to our beloved contributors: @
+
 4.0.0
 ~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/source/global.rst.inc b/docs/source/global.rst.inc
index 9572efe0..d0327311 100644
--- a/docs/source/global.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/source/global.rst.inc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 .. |author_email| replace:: yesudeep@gmail.com
 .. |copyright| replace:: Copyright 2012-2024 Google, Inc & contributors.
 .. |project_name| replace:: ``watchdog``
-.. |project_version| replace:: 4.0.0
+.. |project_version| replace:: 4.0.1
 
 .. _issue tracker: https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/issues
 .. _code repository: https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog
diff --git a/src/watchdog/version.py b/src/watchdog/version.py
index 6e050201..843ed9c5 100644
--- a/src/watchdog/version.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/version.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # ``docs/source/global.rst.inc`` file as well.
 VERSION_MAJOR = 4
 VERSION_MINOR = 0
-VERSION_BUILD = 0
+VERSION_BUILD = 1
 VERSION_INFO = (VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_BUILD)
 VERSION_STRING = f"{VERSION_MAJOR}.{VERSION_MINOR}.{VERSION_BUILD}"