diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3dd3076..3204f99 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### RQ 1.4.1 (2020-05-16)
+* Default serializer now uses `pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL` for backward compatibility reasons. Thanks @bbayles!
+* Avoid deprecation warnings on redis-py >= 3.5.0. Thanks @bbayles!
+
 ### RQ 1.4.0 (2020-05-13)
 * Custom serializer is now supported. Thanks @solababs!
 * `delay()` now accepts `job_id` argument. Thanks @grayshirt!
diff --git a/rq/version.py b/rq/version.py
index 8199df9..4b20c03 100644
--- a/rq/version.py
+++ b/rq/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
 
-VERSION = '1.4.0'
+VERSION = '1.4.1'