diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 48ccc6f8..9fdc75fc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 
 [project]
 name = "apache-burr"
-version = "0.40.2"
+version = "0.41.0"
 dependencies = [] # yes, there are none
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 authors = [