diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2537c1f..218393f 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.0"
+  ".": "0.4.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a9dd09..60ee4da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.1](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1) (2025-05-09)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* keep replacing the manifest version on release ([6619bfb](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/6619bfb755d135259b9355fcc3b277b34da7cd8c))
+
 ## [0.4.0](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.3.0...v0.4.0) (2025-05-09)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1b40c84..90171a2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "webstreamr",
-      "version": "0.4.0",
+      "version": "0.4.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "cheerio": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 49683ca..1951dce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
   "description": "Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
     "analyse": "tsc --noEmit",
diff --git a/src/utils/manifest.ts b/src/utils/manifest.ts
index af5da27..f58a82b 100644
--- a/src/utils/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/utils/manifest.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Config, ManifestWithConfig } from '../types';
 export const buildManifest = (handlers: Handler[], config: Config): ManifestWithConfig => {
   const manifest: ManifestWithConfig = {
     id: process.env['MANIFEST_ID'] || 'webstreamr',
-    version: '0.3.0', // x-release-please-version
+    version: '0.4.1', // x-release-please-version
     name: process.env['MANIFEST_NAME'] || 'WebStreamr',
     description: 'Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.',
     resources: [