diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9b66456c3f..791acf0384 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Build
 on:
 
   push:
-    branches: [ main, 3.x ]
+    branches: [ main, 4.x, 3.x ]
     paths-ignore:
     - 'doc/**'
     - '**.md'
diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index e6d71c0d7d..a9c2490c35 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <PackageLicenseExpression>BSD-2-Clause</PackageLicenseExpression>
 
     <BuildNumber Condition="'$(BuildNumber)' == ''">0</BuildNumber>
-    <VersionPrefix>4.16.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>4.16.1</VersionPrefix>
     <VersionSuffix>beta-$(BuildNumber)</VersionSuffix>
 
     <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf574f70f9..ae3a955af2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1154,6 +1154,17 @@ a hardened deployment baseline.
 
 ## Branches and releases
 
-- The recommended branch is __main__, any PR should target this branch
-- The __main__ branch is automatically built and published on [MyGet](https://www.myget.org/feed/Packages/jint). Add this feed to your NuGet sources to use it: https://www.myget.org/F/jint/api/v3/index.json
-- The __main__ branch is occasionally published on [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/jint)
+Three branches are live, and which one a change belongs on depends on whether it is allowed to change
+observable behaviour.
+
+| Branch | What it is | What lands on it |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| __main__ | Development of the next major version, __5.x__. The default target for a pull request. | Anything, including breaking changes to the public API and to default behaviour. |
+| __4.x__ | Maintenance of the __4.16.x__ line, branched from `main` at the last commit before the 5.x work began. | Correctness and conformance fixes backported from `main`, and nothing that changes an existing API or an existing default. |
+| __3.x__ | Maintenance of the __3.x__ line, which still parses with Esprima rather than Acornima. | Security and severe-correctness fixes only. |
+
+- Open a pull request against __main__ unless the change is a backport, in which case target the
+  maintenance branch it belongs to
+- __main__, __4.x__ and __3.x__ are automatically built and published on [MyGet](https://www.myget.org/feed/Packages/jint). Add this feed to your NuGet sources to use it: https://www.myget.org/F/jint/api/v3/index.json
+- A release to [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/jint) is cut by pushing a `vX.Y.Z` tag to the
+  branch being released; the tag, not `Directory.Build.props`, is the version the package carries