diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 338fe274..63350607 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Changes
 =======
 
+0.24.1 (2021-05-10)
+-------------------
+
+A full list of commits for 0.24.1 can be found at:
+
+https://github.com/geopython/OWSLib/commits/0.24.1
+
+- fix CSW request byte handling (#776)
+
+
 0.24.0 (2021-05-10)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 91267b86..48b91fd8 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.25.dev0
+0.24.1
diff --git a/owslib/__init__.py b/owslib/__init__.py
index f29aeefa..7fe14931 100644
--- a/owslib/__init__.py
+++ b/owslib/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.25.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.24.1'