Commit d315ac4389 for openssl.org

commit d315ac43892b4089a150468c3464646a312025d6
Author: openssl-machine <openssl-machine@openssl.org>
Date:   Tue Mar 10 14:39:55 2026 +0000

    Prepare for 4.1


    Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
    Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@openssl.org>
    MergeDate: Tue Mar 10 14:39:56 2026
    Release: yes

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c6b1975def..b6e90cb5f3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ OpenSSL Releases

 -----------

+### Changes between 4.0 and 4.1 [xx XXX xxxx]
+
+ * none yet
+
 ### Changes between 3.6 and 4.0 [xx XXX xxxx]

  * Added `-expected-rpks` option to the `openssl s_client`
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 296b04b3b4..28c23d7e36 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 4.0
 -----------

+### Major changes between OpenSSL 4.0 and OpenSSL 4.1 [under development]
+
+  * none
+
 ### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.6 and OpenSSL 4.0 [under development]

 OpenSSL 4.0.0 is a feature release adding significant new functionality
diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index def9fedb1c..d3538fb9e7 100644
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 MAJOR=4
-MINOR=0
+MINOR=1
 PATCH=0
 PRE_RELEASE_TAG=dev
 BUILD_METADATA=