diff --git a/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/AudioSampleGenerator.cpp b/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/AudioSampleGenerator.cpp
index fecdca4356..b3b0ed373f 100644
--- a/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/AudioSampleGenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/AudioSampleGenerator.cpp
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ void AudioSampleGenerator::Stop()
     // Stop the audio graph - no more quantum callbacks will run
     m_audioGraph.Stop();
 
+    // Close the microphone input node to release the device so Windows no longer
+    // reports the microphone as in use by ZoomIt.
+    if (m_audioInputNode)
+    {
+        m_audioInputNode.Close();
+        m_audioInputNode = nullptr;
+    }
+
     // Mark as stopped
     m_started.store(false);
 
diff --git a/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.rc b/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.rc
index 6fe01af2bb..d3c5210744 100644
--- a/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.rc
+++ b/src/modules/ZoomIt/ZoomIt/ZoomIt.rc
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 0, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK",IDOK,186,306,50,14
     PUSHBUTTON      "Cancel",IDCANCEL,243,306,50,14
-    LTEXT           "ZoomIt v10.0",IDC_VERSION,42,7,73,10
+    LTEXT           "ZoomIt v10.1",IDC_VERSION,42,7,73,10
     LTEXT           "Copyright \251 2006-2026 Mark Russinovich",IDC_COPYRIGHT,42,17,251,8
     CONTROL         "<a HREF=""https://www.sysinternals.com"">Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com</a>",IDC_LINK,
                     "SysLink",WS_TABSTOP,42,26,150,9