From f7189d7af8ebcb85cc8fad8ce3f21969462f67b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vytautas Liuolia <vytautas.liuolia@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 19:09:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore: open 4.1.0.dev1 development

---
 docs/changes/4.1.0.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/changes/index.rst |  1 +
 falcon/version.py      |  2 +-
 pyproject.toml         |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/changes/4.1.0.rst

diff --git a/docs/changes/4.1.0.rst b/docs/changes/4.1.0.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9a6f005a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/4.1.0.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Changelog for Falcon 4.1.0
+==========================
+
+Summary
+-------
+
+Falcon 4.1 is in development. The progress is tracked via the
+`Version 4.1 milestone <https://github.com/falconry/falcon/milestone/41>`__
+on GitHub.
+
+
+Changes to Supported Platforms
+------------------------------
+
+.. NOTE(vytas): No changes to the supported platforms (yet).
+
+
+.. towncrier release notes start
+
+Contributors to this Release
+----------------------------
+
+Many thanks to all of our talented and stylish contributors for this release!
+
+- `vytas7 <https://github.com/vytas7>`__
diff --git a/docs/changes/index.rst b/docs/changes/index.rst
index 06371e311..aa1d0ace7 100644
--- a/docs/changes/index.rst
+++ b/docs/changes/index.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changelogs
 
 .. toctree::
 
+   4.1.0 <4.1.0>
    4.0.0 <4.0.0>
    3.1.3 <3.1.3>
    3.1.2 <3.1.2>
diff --git a/falcon/version.py b/falcon/version.py
index c3971dba6..21a355c2c 100644
--- a/falcon/version.py
+++ b/falcon/version.py
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 """Falcon version."""
 
-__version__ = '4.0.0'
+__version__ = '4.1.0.dev1'
 """Current version of Falcon."""
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4fe30640a..a848647dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ exclude = ["examples", "tests"]
 [tool.towncrier]
     package = "falcon"
     package_dir = ""
-    filename = "docs/changes/4.0.0.rst"
+    filename = "docs/changes/4.1.0.rst"
     directory = "docs/_newsfragments"
     issue_format = "`#{issue} <https://github.com/falconry/falcon/issues/{issue}>`__"