diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 855cbad8da01..f77fe1020e82 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
-## 1.40.1 (Unreleased)
+## 1.41.0 (2026-05-07)
 
 ### Features Added
 
 - `AZURE_LOG_LEVEL` now accepts `VERBOSE` (case-insensitive) as an alias for `DEBUG`. #46668
 
-### Breaking Changes
-
-### Bugs Fixed
-
 ### Other Changes
 
 - Invalid values for the `AZURE_LOG_LEVEL`, `AZURE_TRACING_ENABLED`, and `AZURE_SDK_TRACING_IMPLEMENTATION` environment variables no longer raise errors. Instead, a warning is logged and the default value is used (`INFO` for `AZURE_LOG_LEVEL`). #46668
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py
index 955d21edf7d3..b61909f350dd 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/azure/core/_version.py
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 # regenerated.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-VERSION = "1.40.1"
+VERSION = "1.41.0"