diff --git a/RELEASES b/RELEASES
index bf4fc3d2e..0f7677520 100644
--- a/RELEASES
+++ b/RELEASES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # in the form <version> <date>.  If you update the version field (in
 # configure.ac) you must also add the current date to this file.
 
+1.48.6    2022-11-28
 1.48.5    2022-11-21
 1.48.4    2022-07-06
 1.48.3    2022-05-26
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c1f4f9d7f..1c20530c1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
 m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [48])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [5])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [6])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index c42ac90c0..e6c6d6b26 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.48.5\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.48.6\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-11-21 18:33+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2022-11-28 11:45+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"