diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [4.1.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/file-loader/compare/v4.0.0...v4.1.0) (2019-07-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* improved validation error messages ([#339](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/file-loader/issues/339)) ([705eed4](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/file-loader/commit/705eed4))
+
+
+
 ## [4.0.0](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/file-loader/compare/v3.0.1...v4.0.0) (2019-06-05)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
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--- a/package-lock.json
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "file-loader",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "file-loader",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.1.0",
   "description": "A file loader module for webpack",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": "webpack-contrib/file-loader",