diff --git a/VERSION.cmake b/VERSION.cmake
index 301ab934b0..d8c470551b 100644
--- a/VERSION.cmake
+++ b/VERSION.cmake
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 # ------------------------------------
 # Version information
 # ------------------------------------
-set(MIRALL_VERSION_MAJOR 3)
-set(MIRALL_VERSION_MINOR 17)
+set(MIRALL_VERSION_MAJOR 4)
+set(MIRALL_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(MIRALL_VERSION_PATCH 50)
 set(MIRALL_VERSION_YEAR  2025)
 set(MIRALL_SOVERSION     0)
-set(MIRALL_PREVERSION_HUMAN "3.18.0 alpha")  # For preversions where PATCH>=50. Use version + alpha, rc1, rc2, etc.
+set(MIRALL_PREVERSION_HUMAN "4.1.0 alpha")  # For preversions where PATCH>=50. Use version + alpha, rc1, rc2, etc.
 set(NCEXT_BUILD_NUM 47)
 set(NCEXT_VERSION 3,0,0,${NCEXT_BUILD_NUM})