diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b61180cb5..000000000
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Release type: patch
-
-* Ensure ``tzdata`` dependency is installed on Windows
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 98da5b208..5ef19b17b 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Release history
 ###############
 
+4.9.1 - 2023-11-15
+==================
+
+* Ensure ``tzdata`` dependency is installed on Windows
+
 4.9.0 - 2023-11-12
 ==================
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cf3c23c0d..c8bbe9853 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "pelican"
 authors = [{ name = "Justin Mayer", email = "authors@getpelican.com" }]
 description = "Static site generator supporting Markdown and reStructuredText"
-version = "4.9.0"
+version = "4.9.1"
 license = { text = "AGPLv3" }
 readme = "README.rst"
 keywords = ["static site generator", "static sites", "ssg"]