diff --git a/coremain/version.go b/coremain/version.go
index 5b6ae99d2..872664d92 100644
--- a/coremain/version.go
+++ b/coremain/version.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package coremain
 
 // Various CoreDNS constants.
 const (
-	CoreVersion = "1.14.0"
+	CoreVersion = "1.14.1"
 	CoreName    = "CoreDNS"
 	serverType  = "dns"
 )
diff --git a/notes/coredns-1.14.1.md b/notes/coredns-1.14.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..437bf5f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/coredns-1.14.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
++++
+title = "CoreDNS-1.14. Release"
+description = "CoreDNS-1.14.1 Release Notes."
+tags = ["Release", "1.14.1", "Notes"]
+release = "1.14.1"
+date = "2026-01-15T00:00:00+00:00"
+author = "coredns"
++++
+
+This release primarily addresses security vulnerabilities affecting Go versions prior to
+Go 1.25.6 and Go 1.24.12 (CVE-2025-61728, CVE-2025-61726, CVE-2025-68121, CVE-2025-61731,
+CVE-2025-68119). It also includes performance improvements to the proxy plugin via
+multiplexed connections, along with various documentation updates.
+
+## Brought to You By
+
+Alex Massy
+Shiv Tyagi
+Ville Vesilehto
+Yong Tang
+
+## Noteworthy Changes
+
+* plugin/proxy: Use mutex-based connection pool (https://github.com/coredns/coredns/pull/7790)