diff --git a/espresso-4.1.3.tar.gz b/espresso-4.1.3.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a39a7..0000000
--- a/espresso-4.1.3.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:13dd998f71547c6c979a33d918b7f83e1a0e1c5f2bf2ddeeb0d1e99a3dcd6008
-size 16947336
diff --git a/espresso-4.1.4.tar.gz b/espresso-4.1.4.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63ca9a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/espresso-4.1.4.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:c1b68de63755475c5eb3ae8117d8c6d96c8ac36cc0f46dd44417a8e7ebe9242c
+size 16950522
diff --git a/python3-espressomd.changes b/python3-espressomd.changes
index 91765e1..4b49a3f 100644
--- a/python3-espressomd.changes
+++ b/python3-espressomd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 20 19:03:28 UTC 2020 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
+
+- Update to 4.1.4, see 
+  https://github.com/espressomd/espresso/blob/4.1.4/NEWS for 
+  details
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep  8 20:26:00 UTC 2020 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
+
+- fix unversioned Obsoletes: statement
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 21 16:36:20 UTC 2020 - Christoph Junghans <junghans@votca.org>
 
diff --git a/python3-espressomd.spec b/python3-espressomd.spec
index dceee51..13331b9 100644
--- a/python3-espressomd.spec
+++ b/python3-espressomd.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 %define pkgname espresso
 %define modname %{pkgname}md
 Name:           python3-%{modname}
-Version:        4.1.3
+Version:        4.1.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Parallel simulation software for soft matter research
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-h5py
 %else
 BuildRequires:  boost-devel
 %endif
-Obsoletes:      libEspresso4
+Obsoletes:      libEspresso4 < 4.1
 Requires:       python3-numpy
 Requires:       python3-h5py
 # make sure rpm pulls in the right dependency
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export HDF5_USE_SHLIB=yes
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/lib*.so
 
 %check
-# https://github.com/espressomd/espresso/issues/3315
+# gh#espressomd/espresso#3315
 %ifarch i586
 %define testargs ARGS='-E collision_detection'
 %endif