diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b000154f8..20ff2c8ec 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-Release 2.4.1 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
+Release 2.4.1 (released Feb 11, 2020)
+=====================================
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
@@ -19,9 +7,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #7120: html: crashed when on scaling SVG images which have float dimentions
 * #7126: autodoc: TypeError: 'getset_descriptor' object is not iterable
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 2.4.0 (released Feb 09, 2020)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 5a9b630d8..8a781e3f0 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if 'PYTHONWARNINGS' not in os.environ:
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '2.4.1+'
+__version__ = '2.4.1'
 __released__ = '2.4.1'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 #: Version info for better programmatic use.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ __released__ = '2.4.1'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (2, 4, 1, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (2, 4, 1, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))