diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Bowtie 2 NEWS
 Bowtie 2 is available for download from the project website,
 http://bowtie-bio.sf.net/bowtie2 and on Github,
 https://github.com/BenLangmead/bowtie2/releases.  2.0.0-beta1 is
-the first version released to the public and 2.4.0 is the latest
+the first version released to the public and 2.4.1 is the latest
 version.  Bowtie 2 is licensed under the GPLv3 license.  See `LICENSE'
 file for details.