diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1b79deb..01404a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.65])
 # 5 argument version only available with aclocal >= 2.64
-AC_INIT([IntaRNA], [3.4.0], [], [intaRNA], [http://www.bioinf.uni-freiburg.de] )
+AC_INIT([IntaRNA], [3.4.1], [], [intaRNA], [http://www.bioinf.uni-freiburg.de] )
 
 # minimal required version of the boost library 
 BOOST_REQUIRED_VERSION=1.50.0
diff --git a/doc/how-to-release-new-version.md b/doc/how-to-release-new-version.md
index 8bb0cce..74d4018 100644
--- a/doc/how-to-release-new-version.md
+++ b/doc/how-to-release-new-version.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 - publish release on github
   
 - update [bioconda recipe](https://github.com/bioconda/bioconda-recipes/tree/master/recipes/intarna)
+  - should be automatically triggered by bioconda-bot with respective PR and notification
 - update [galaxy tool shed information](https://github.com/bgruening/galaxytools/tree/master/tools/rna_tools/intarna/intarna.xml)
 
 - update webserver