diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 061ad630ca5..4fd93d04802 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endif()
 #   RelWithDebInfo : Release build with Debug Info
 #   MinSizeRel     : Release Min Size build
 IF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-  SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING "Build Type" FORCE)
+  SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Build Type" FORCE)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 # Set a value type to properly display CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE on GUI if the
 # value type is "UNINITIALIZED".
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 222532d1e97..deffabca0f7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Dec 30, 2019: libarchive 3.4.1 released
+
+Dec 11, 2019: New pax write option "xattrhdr"
+
+Nov 17, 2019: Unicode filename support for reading lha/lzh archives
+
 Jun 11, 2019: libarchive 3.4.0 released
 
 May 18, 2019: Fixes for reading Android APK and JAR archives
diff --git a/build/version b/build/version
index 955f37be2a7..ef25f738fee 100644
--- a/build/version
+++ b/build/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3004001dev
+3004001
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c7b1a5943e1..c614993066f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ dnl First, define all of the version numbers up front.
 dnl In particular, this allows the version macro to be used in AC_INIT
 
 dnl These first two version numbers are updated automatically on each release.
-m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[3.4.1dev])
+m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_S],[3.4.1])
 m4_define([LIBARCHIVE_VERSION_N],[3004001])
 
 dnl bsdtar and bsdcpio versioning tracks libarchive
diff --git a/libarchive/archive.h b/libarchive/archive.h
index 263d5ea354c..75d5f8eb966 100644
--- a/libarchive/archive.h
+++ b/libarchive/archive.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ __LA_DECL int		archive_version_number(void);
 /*
  * Textual name/version of the library, useful for version displays.
  */
-#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING "3.4.1dev"
+#define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING "3.4.1"
 #define	ARCHIVE_VERSION_STRING "libarchive " ARCHIVE_VERSION_ONLY_STRING
 __LA_DECL const char *	archive_version_string(void);