diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
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--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 
-project(Analysis VERSION 41.8
+project(Analysis VERSION 41.8.1
         LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 # Enable testing with CTest/CDash
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/v41r8p1.md b/ReleaseNotes/v41r8p1.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+2023-05-25 Analysis v41r8p1
+===
+
+This version uses
+Rec [v35r8p1](../../../../Rec/-/tags/v35r8p1),
+Lbcom [v34r8](../../../../Lbcom/-/tags/v34r8),
+LHCb [v54r8](../../../../LHCb/-/tags/v54r8),
+Detector [v1r12](../../../../Detector/-/tags/v1r12),
+Gaudi [v36r12](../../../../Gaudi/-/tags/v36r12) and
+LCG [103](http://lcginfo.cern.ch/release/103/) with ROOT 6.28.00.
+
+This version is released on the v41r8-patches branch.
+Built relative to Analysis [v41r8](/../../tags/v41r7), only changing the Rec version.
+