diff --git a/django/__init__.py b/django/__init__.py
index 78c5cae6bc..2d5ebe0074 100644
--- a/django/__init__.py
+++ b/django/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.utils.version import get_version
 
-VERSION = (4, 0, 0, 'alpha', 0)
+VERSION = (4, 1, 0, 'alpha', 0)
 
 __version__ = get_version(VERSION)
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 81b06292b4..f74fbad3a9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ copyright = 'Django Software Foundation and contributors'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '4.0'
+version = '4.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 try:
     from django import VERSION, get_version
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ else:
     release = django_release()
 
 # The "development version" of Django
-django_next_version = '4.0'
+django_next_version = '4.1'
 
 extlinks = {
     'bpo': ('https://bugs.python.org/issue%s', 'bpo-'),