diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.1](https://github.com/leoisl/plasnet/compare/v0.4.0...v0.4.1) (2023-12-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add parameter use_cached to BlackholeGraph._get_blackhole_plasmids(), solving the slowdown introduced in releases v0.3.3 and v0.3.4 ([fc7685e](https://github.com/leoisl/plasnet/commit/fc7685e5661f1a3eebb5fb0bd1b477dd2b60987c))
+
 ## [0.4.0](https://github.com/leoisl/plasnet/compare/v0.3.4...v0.4.0) (2023-12-15)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 244568e..6c62e96 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "plasnet"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 description = "Clustering, visualising and exploring plasmid networks"
 authors = ["Leandro Lima <leandro@ebi.ac.uk>"]
 license = "MIT"