diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e6f87756..411256bc 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "4.0.0"
+  ".": "4.1.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8cf8a529..1e0cdb66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [4.1.0](https://github.com/scolladon/tsgit/compare/v4.0.0...v4.1.0) (2026-09-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **history:** prune the object closure and route the history walks through the commit-graph ([be57e0c](https://github.com/scolladon/tsgit/commit/be57e0cce13699610ef06bf531dc64ac9e2ee385))
+
 ## [4.0.0](https://github.com/scolladon/tsgit/compare/v3.6.0...v4.0.0) (2026-09-10)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5e135ef8..ef544cb9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@scolladon/tsgit",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@scolladon/tsgit",
-      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "version": "4.1.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@arethetypeswrong/cli": "0.18.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0e6615d..d070d1e6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@scolladon/tsgit",
-  "version": "4.0.0",
+  "version": "4.1.0",
   "description": "Lightning-fast git, pure TypeScript, everywhere.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",