diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index aeb66d0d5..2efe9107e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# 1.4.1: October 22, 2020
+
+ - introduce docs for arrays on env vars ([#706](/../../pull/706)), ([#710](/../../pull/710)) and ([#711](/../../pull/771)) thanks to [@ignasi35](https://github.com/ignasi35) and [@andreaTP](https://github.com/andreaTP)
+ - add a helper method for parsing only application overrides ([#708](/../../pull/708)) and ([#709](/../../pull/709)) thanks to [@bbaldino](https://github.com/bbaldino)
+ - remove unmodifiable collection wrappers in ResolveContext ([#701](/../../pull/701)) thanks to [@havocp](https://github.com/havocp)
+ - added support for memory units which don't fit in a long when transformed to bytes ([#663](/../../pull/663)) thanks to [@mpryahin](https://github.com/mpryahin)
+ - inherit optional and getter evaluation ([#660](/../../pull/660)) thanks to [@derKrischan](https://github.com/derKrischan)
+ - a few other bug fixes
+
 # 1.4.0: October 11, 2019
 
 - `application.conf` variables can now override variables in `reference.conf` [#619](https://github.com/lightbend/config/issues/167)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6f17b44ba..a04a34ebe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ You can find published releases on Maven Central.
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>
         <artifactId>config</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.0</version>
+        <version>1.4.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
 sbt dependency:
 
-    libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe" % "config" % "1.4.0"
+    libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe" % "config" % "1.4.1"
 
 Link for direct download if you don't use a dependency manager: