diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index cf58351ce..0990d9a90 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -199,12 +199,12 @@ you use a decent Wayland compositor.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.49.0 [future]
+0.49.0 [2026-09-21]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - Support for :doc:`/custom-shaders` for adding various graphical effects (:iss:`10344`)
 
-- Various throughput performance improvements for a 15-35% real world improvement depending on workload
+- Throughput performance improvements for a 15-35% real world improvement depending on workload
 
 - Add :opt:`window_border_radius` for rounded window borders (:pull:`10421`)
 
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 79c847fea..c015be007 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 48, 2)
+version: Version = Version(0, 49, 0)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat