diff --git a/README b/README
index bd80cbb..2c2fe0a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 			Fontconfig
 	Font configuration and customization library
-		      Version 2.4.0
-		        2006-09-09
+		      Version 2.4.1
+		        2006-09-15
 
 
 Check INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
 Report bugs to https://bugs.freedesktop.org in the fontconfig module.
 
+2.4.1
+
+Keith Packard:
+      Update installation notes for 2.4 base.
+      Add ppc64 signature. Bug 8227
+      Add signatures for m68k and mipsel (thanks debian buildd)
+      Add warning flags to fc-cache build. Clean up warnings in fc-cache.
+      Reimplement FcConfigAppFontAddDir; function was lost in 2.4.0.
+
 2.4.0
 
 David Turner:
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4511113..9cebc9f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 dnl version.  This same version number must appear in fontconfig/fontconfig.h
 dnl Yes, it is a pain to synchronize version numbers.  Unfortunately, it's
 dnl not possible to extract the version number here from fontconfig.h
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(fontconfig, 2.4.0)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(fontconfig, 2.4.1)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 dnl libtool versioning
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index 0df38aa..26412a3 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 #define FC_MAJOR	2
 #define FC_MINOR	4
-#define FC_REVISION	0
+#define FC_REVISION	1
 
 #define FC_VERSION	((FC_MAJOR * 10000) + (FC_MINOR * 100) + (FC_REVISION))