diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2de27031..8ccea8e3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+49.0
+====
+* window-list: Adjust to gnome-shell changes [Florian; !421]
+* system-monitor: Unbreak on BSD [Antoine; !356]
+* Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian; !422, !423]
+
+Contributors:
+  Antoine Jacoutot, Florian Müllner
+
+Translators:
+  Jiri Grönroos [fi], Aurimas Aurimas Černius [lt]
+
 49.rc
 =====
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 78192555..fa7b722f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 project(
   'gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '49.rc',
+  version: '49.0',
   meson_version: '>= 1.1.0',
   license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
 )