diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9efdef5fe..fa32cdc89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project are documented in this file.
 
+## 1.4.1
+
+**Release date:** 2024-09-26
+
+This patch release comes with a fix to the `GitRepository` API to keep it
+backwards compatible by removing the default value for `.spec.provider` field
+when not set in the API. The controller will internally consider an empty value
+for the provider as the `generic` provider.
+
+Fix:
+- GitRepo: Remove provider default value from API
+  [#1626](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/pull/1626)
+
 ## 1.4.0
 
 **Release date:** 2024-09-25
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 271f74ae4..61c2fc20f 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ resources:
 images:
 - name: fluxcd/source-controller
   newName: fluxcd/source-controller
-  newTag: v1.4.0
+  newTag: v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 21e67dc84..fdcb0eb3e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar v0.8.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/testserver v0.7.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version v0.4.1
-	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.4.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api v1.4.1
 	github.com/foxcpp/go-mockdns v1.1.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5 v5.5.0
 	github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 v5.12.0