diff --git a/cmd/version.go b/cmd/version.go
index c2abb1d7..c200d248 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 = "4.20.2"
+	Version = "4.21.1"
 
 	// 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_notes.txt b/release_notes.txt
index 3efec495..ffa83c4c 100644
--- a/release_notes.txt
+++ b/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+4.21.1:
+  - Added [reverse](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/reverse) operator
+  - Added [string case](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/string-operators) operators
+  - Added [base64 support](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/usage/base64)
+  - Added [line](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/line)  and [column](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/column) operators
+  - Bumped dependency versions
+
 4.20.2:
   - Fixed self assignment issue (#1107)
   - Fixed bad capture groups with multiple matches (#1114)
@@ -5,7 +12,7 @@
   - Added missing load_props operator
 
 4.20.1:
-  - New [Date Operators]((https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/datetime)) (now, tz, add and subtract durations from dates) 
+  - New [Date Operators](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/datetime) (now, tz, add and subtract durations from dates) 
   - Can now decode property files!
   - New flag to manually set expression if required
   - ZSH completion bug fix (#1108) thanks @whi-tw
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index a4a97532..412fe584 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: yq
-version: '4.20.2'
+version: '4.21.1'
 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.