diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6ed66b..790aeb7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ stomper-0.2.4.tar.gz
 /stomper-9b9fddf596a77e6b7e0407f0e45d02ca3a5ba5e1.tar.gz
 /stomper-0.3.0.tar.gz
 /stomper-0.4.0.tar.gz
+/stomper-0.4.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-stomper-encoding.patch b/python-stomper-encoding.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bccb1f1..0000000
--- a/python-stomper-encoding.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From a5a3a5fc065d0a1168f33f828ad7bd9234248229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com>
-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:09:45 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] Treat encoding explicitly.
-
----
- setup.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 0b425e3..fd33db1 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- ]
- 
- # Recover the ReStructuredText docs:
--Description = open("README.rst").read()
-+Description = open("README.rst", "rb").read().decode("utf-8")
- 
- TestSuite = 'stomper.tests'
- 
diff --git a/python-stomper.spec b/python-stomper.spec
index 2018b87..102a4be 100644
--- a/python-stomper.spec
+++ b/python-stomper.spec
@@ -17,16 +17,14 @@
 %global shortcommit %(c=%{commit}; echo ${c:0:7})
 
 Name:           python-stomper
-Version:        0.4.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.4.1
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A python client implementation of the STOMP protocol
 Group:          Development/Languages
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://pypi.io/project/stomper
 
 Source0:        https://pypi.io/packages/source/s/stomper/stomper-%{version}.tar.gz
-# https://github.com/oisinmulvihill/stomper/pull/11
-Patch0:         python-stomper-encoding.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -76,8 +74,6 @@ create and parse STOMP messages in a programatic fashion.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n stomper-%{version}
 
-%patch0 -p1
-
 %build
 %{py2_build}
 %{py3_build}
@@ -99,6 +95,9 @@ PYTHONPATH=. nosetests-%{py3ver} -q
 %{python3_sitelib}/stomper*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jul 29 2016 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 0.4.1-1
+- Update to 0.4.1. Fixes bug #1355749
+
 * Mon Jul 11 2016 Ralph Bean <rbean@redhat.com> - 0.4.0-2
 - Explicit py2 and py3 subpackages.
 - Patch implicit encoding in setup.py.
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2df9374..187c935 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-999946b01bc34f1e683bd50aa0d20683  stomper-0.4.0.tar.gz
+dde09743c9bdd4639c91bc9dd401b8a6  stomper-0.4.1.tar.gz