diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7ee5b5..2a79744 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.0.41] - 2020-08-05
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Security
+
 ## [0.0.40] - 2020-06-15
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/crates/holochain_json_api/Cargo.toml b/crates/holochain_json_api/Cargo.toml
index 9d21409..9f637e6 100644
--- a/crates/holochain_json_api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/holochain_json_api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "holochain_json_api"
-version = "0.0.40"
+version = "0.0.41"
 authors = ["Holochain Core Dev Team <devcore@holochain.org>"]
 build = "build.rs"
 description = "json api and utilities for holochain"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ shrinkwraprs = "=0.2.1"
 objekt = "=0.1.2"
 # keep the version on the left hand side
 # there is a regex in the release hook looking for it
-holochain_json_derive = { version = "=0.0.40", path = "../holochain_json_derive" }
+holochain_json_derive = { version = "=0.0.41", path = "../holochain_json_derive" }
 uuid = { version = "=0.7.1", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/holochain_json_derive/Cargo.toml b/crates/holochain_json_derive/Cargo.toml
index 20a646a..0fec6bd 100644
--- a/crates/holochain_json_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/holochain_json_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "holochain_json_derive"
-version = "0.0.40"
+version = "0.0.41"
 authors = ["Holochain Core Dev Team <devcore@holochain.org>"]
 description = "Provides derive macros for holochain persistence."
 edition="2018"
diff --git a/crates/holochain_serialized_bytes/Cargo.toml b/crates/holochain_serialized_bytes/Cargo.toml
index e5bf9a5..9187969 100644
--- a/crates/holochain_serialized_bytes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/holochain_serialized_bytes/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "holochain_serialized_bytes"
-version = "0.0.40"
+version = "0.0.41"
 authors = ["Holochain Core Dev Team <devcore@holochain.org>"]
 description = "serialized bytes for holochain"
 keywords = ["holochain", "holo", "messagepack", "json", "serialization"]
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.104", features = ["serde_derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.51", features = ["preserve_order"] }
-holochain_serialized_bytes_derive = { version = "=0.0.40", path = "../holochain_serialized_bytes_derive" }
+holochain_serialized_bytes_derive = { version = "=0.0.41", path = "../holochain_serialized_bytes_derive" }
 rmp-serde = "0.14.3"
 serde-transcode = "1.1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.10"
diff --git a/crates/holochain_serialized_bytes_derive/Cargo.toml b/crates/holochain_serialized_bytes_derive/Cargo.toml
index 249f821..8442db6 100644
--- a/crates/holochain_serialized_bytes_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/holochain_serialized_bytes_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "holochain_serialized_bytes_derive"
-version = "0.0.40"
+version = "0.0.41"
 authors = ["Holochain Core Dev Team <devcore@holochain.org>"]
 description = "Provides derive macros for holochain serialized bytes."
 edition="2018"
diff --git a/test/holochain_serialized_bytes/Cargo.toml b/test/holochain_serialized_bytes/Cargo.toml
index 913488b..e6c3a5c 100644
--- a/test/holochain_serialized_bytes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test/holochain_serialized_bytes/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "test_holochain_serialized_bytes"
-version = "0.0.40"
+version = "0.0.41"
 authors = ["Holochain Core Dev Team <devcore@holochain.org>"]
 description = "test serialized bytes for holochain"
 keywords = ["holochain", "holo", "messagepack", "json", "serialization"]
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/holochain_serialized_bytes"
 repository = "https://github.com/holochain/holochain-serialization"
 
 [dependencies]
-holochain_serialized_bytes = { version = "=0.0.40", path = "../../crates/holochain_serialized_bytes" }
+holochain_serialized_bytes = { version = "=0.0.41", path = "../../crates/holochain_serialized_bytes" }
 serde = "=1.0.104"