diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 0f142472e..956c512cb 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 2.4.0
+current_version = 2.4.1
 commit = True
 tag = True
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index a3889705d..0391506c4 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,29 @@
 Release notes
 =============
 
+.. _release-2.4.1:
+
+Scrapy 2.4.1 (2020-11-17)
+-------------------------
+
+-   Fixed :ref:`feed exports <topics-feed-exports>` overwrite support (:issue:`4845`, :issue:`4857`, :issue:`4859`)
+
+-   Fixed the AsyncIO event loop handling, which could make code hang
+    (:issue:`4855`, :issue:`4872`)
+
+-   Fixed the IPv6-capable DNS resolver
+    :class:`~scrapy.resolver.CachingHostnameResolver` for download handlers
+    that call
+    :meth:`reactor.resolve <twisted.internet.interfaces.IReactorCore.resolve>`
+    (:issue:`4802`, :issue:`4803`)
+
+-   Fixed the output of the :command:`genspider` command showing placeholders
+    instead of the import path of the generated spider module (:issue:`4874`)
+
+-   Migrated Windows CI from Azure Pipelines to GitHub Actions (:issue:`4869`,
+    :issue:`4876`)
+
+
 .. _release-2.4.0:
 
 Scrapy 2.4.0 (2020-10-11)
diff --git a/scrapy/VERSION b/scrapy/VERSION
index 197c4d5c2..005119baa 100644
--- a/scrapy/VERSION
+++ b/scrapy/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.4.0
+2.4.1