diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 38242b89..64f5ec4e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+49.beta
+=======
+* Misc. bug fixes and cleanups [Florian; !408]
+
+Contributors:
+  Florian Müllner
+
+Translators:
+  Anders Jonsson [sv], Makoto Sakaguchi [ja], Danial Behzadi [fa],
+  Jordi Mas i Hernandez [ca]
+
 49.alpha.1
 ==========
 * workspaces-indicator, window-list: Better expose workspace names
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1a6c0e7b..ebde5952 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 project(
   'gnome-shell-extensions',
-  version: '49.alpha.1',
+  version: '49.beta',
   meson_version: '>= 1.1.0',
   license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
 )