diff --git a/empy-4.0.1.tar.gz b/empy-4.0.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae3c9e..0000000
--- a/empy-4.0.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:623237b98cd643be5e20bad6275cc933ffe7cf76452392f1d326d7672c2abd64
-size 143280
diff --git a/empy-4.1.tar.gz b/empy-4.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9499503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/empy-4.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9d712e97c1395859be13d2b45788c9186cd97f1c04dac510399130f328643367
+size 154603
diff --git a/python-empy.changes b/python-empy.changes
index ba8ba78..7f6064e 100644
--- a/python-empy.changes
+++ b/python-empy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr  6 18:53:37 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 4.1:
+  * Add support for extension markup `@((...))`, `@[[...]]`,
+   `@{{...}}`, `@<...>`, etc., with custom callbacks retained for
+   backward compatibility; add `@[match]` control support; add
+   interpreter cores for overriding interpreter behavior; add more
+   command line option toggles; add notion of verbose/brief errors;
+   more uniform error message formatting; various documentation
+   updates.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 27 09:29:19 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-empy.spec b/python-empy.spec
index f549208..821bddb 100644
--- a/python-empy.spec
+++ b/python-empy.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-empy
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-empy
-Version:        4.0.1
+Version:        4.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A templating system for Python
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
-Requires(postun):update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages