diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ab33a775d..4d212e093 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-version=3.40.1
-
+version=3.41.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ae75a3650..6fa2e78c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
     <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-    <version>3.40.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.41.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>SQLite JDBC</name>
     <description>SQLite JDBC library</description>
     <url>https://github.com/xerial/sqlite-jdbc</url>