diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f861d4f20..c336be331 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+Major changes in 41.beta
+=========================
+* Fix comma placement in the floating status bar (Nick Montalbano)
+* Use standard::edit-name attribute where appropriate (Anubhav Tyagi)
+* Bring "Open with..." options together in context menu (Luis Bosque)
+* Fix "Compress..." acting on file that was not the selected one (Anubhav Tyagi)
+* Redesign "Compress..." dialog (Ondrej Holy, Allan Day)
+* Provide creation of password-protected ZIP archives (Ondrej Holy)
+* Fix search by date not working with Tracker engine (Nishit Patel)
+* Add link to Privacy Settings from Trash (Eric Daigle)
+* Indicate whether trash automatic emptying is enabled (Eric Daigle)
+* Translation updates (GNOME Translation Project contributors)
+
 Major changes in 41.alpha
 =========================
 * Replace deprecated gexiv2 symbols (Ondrej Holy)
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
index e70cb4301..fde3cee9a 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Nautilus.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <url type="translate">https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject</url>
   <launchable type="desktop-id">@appid@.desktop</launchable>
   <releases>
-    <release version="41.alpha" date="2021-07-09" />
+    <release version="41.beta" date="2021-08-13" />
   </releases>
   <project_group>GNOME</project_group>
   <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>