diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index c778ba9ee..dae147cf9 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ consumption to do the same tasks.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.46.1 [future]
+0.46.1 [2026-03-16]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - diff kitten: Highlight moved lines using a different background color (:opt:`kitten-diff.mark_moved_lines`) (:iss:`3241`)
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 9b6a07380..6ce35381a 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 46, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 46, 1)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat