diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index c68e1d4b..33705373 100644
--- a/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cmd/version.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	GitDescribe string
 
 	// Version is main version number that is being run at the moment.
-	Version = "3.4.0"
+	Version = "3.4.1"
 
 	// VersionPrerelease is a pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
diff --git a/release_instructions.txt b/release_instructions.txt
index 8e3727ad..c38f11d4 100644
--- a/release_instructions.txt
+++ b/release_instructions.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - tag git with same version number
 - make sure local build passes
 - push tag to git
+  - 3.4.0, v3
   - git push --tags
 - make local xcompile (builds binaries for all platforms)
 
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 230d2ddc..2b1ae803 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '3.4.0'
+version: '3.4.1'
 summary: A lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor
 description: |
   The aim of the project is to be the jq or sed of yaml files.