diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 82fd2e86..66ce2f7c 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "BandedMatrices"
 uuid = "aae01518-5342-5314-be14-df237901396f"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 
 [deps]
 ArrayLayouts = "4c555306-a7a7-4459-81d9-ec55ddd5c99a"
diff --git a/src/banded/BandedMatrix.jl b/src/banded/BandedMatrix.jl
index 8547fe28..116c64ee 100644
--- a/src/banded/BandedMatrix.jl
+++ b/src/banded/BandedMatrix.jl
@@ -418,7 +418,10 @@ end
     @boundscheck checkbounds(A, axes(A,1), j)
     r = similar(A, axes(A,1))
     r[firstindex(r):colstart(A,j)-1] .= zero(eltype(r))
-    r[colrange(A,j)] = @view A.data[data_colrange(A,j)]
+    # broadcasted assignment is currently faster than setindex
+    # see https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/40962#issuecomment-1921340377
+    # may need revisiting in the future
+    r[colrange(A,j)] .= @view A.data[data_colrange(A,j)]
     r[colstop(A,j)+1:end] .= zero(eltype(r))
     return r
 end