diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 64f5ec4e..2de27031 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+49.rc
+=====
+
+Translators:
+  Emilio Sepúlveda [ia], Dušan Kazik [sk], Daniel Rusek [cs],
+  Nathan Follens [nl], Piotr Drąg [pl], Balázs Úr [hu], Yosef Or Boczko [he]
+
 49.beta
 =======
 * Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian; !408]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ebde5952..78192555 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 project(
   'gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '49.beta',
+  version: '49.rc',
   meson_version: '>= 1.1.0',
   license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
 )