diff --git a/RELEASES b/RELEASES
index a7eea9fe4..fba099882 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.
 
+1.50.0    2023-02-07
 1.49.9    2023-01-19
 1.49.8    2022-12-10
 1.49.7    2022-11-28
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d598f1b92..32e24feb8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 # add extra information using --with-extra="..." which may be any
 # freeform string.
 m4_define([libguestfs_major],   [1])
-m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [49])
-m4_define([libguestfs_release], [9])
+m4_define([libguestfs_minor],   [50])
+m4_define([libguestfs_release], [0])
 
 AC_INIT([libguestfs],libguestfs_major.libguestfs_minor.libguestfs_release)
 
diff --git a/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.50.pod b/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.50.pod
index 6b1436b17..ac4a545fd 100644
--- a/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.50.pod
+++ b/docs/guestfs-release-notes-1.50.pod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ guestfs-release-notes - libguestfs Release Notes
 These are the release notes for libguestfs stable release 1.50.
 This describes the major changes since 1.48.
 
-Libguestfs 1.50.0 was released on B<XXX February 2023>.
+Libguestfs 1.50.0 was released on B<7 February 2023>.
 
 =head2 Language bindings
 
diff --git a/po/libguestfs.pot b/po/libguestfs.pot
index 22ae33537..a7bcca5e9 100644
--- a/po/libguestfs.pot
+++ b/po/libguestfs.pot
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #, fuzzy
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
-"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.49.9\n"
+"Project-Id-Version: libguestfs 1.50.0\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?"
 "component=libguestfs&product=Virtualization+Tools\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-01-19 23:27+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-02-07 11:23+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"
@@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "%s: guest filesystem shell\n"
 "%s lets you edit virtual machine filesystems\n"
-"Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Red Hat Inc.\n"
+"Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Red Hat Inc.\n"
 "Usage:\n"
 "  %s [--options] cmd [: cmd : cmd ...]\n"
 "Options:\n"
@@ -3261,7 +3261,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "%s: FUSE module for libguestfs\n"
 "%s lets you mount a virtual machine filesystem\n"
-"Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Red Hat Inc.\n"
+"Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Red Hat Inc.\n"
 "Usage:\n"
 "  %s [--options] mountpoint\n"
 "Options:\n"
@@ -4470,7 +4470,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "%s: Run a rescue shell on a virtual machine\n"
-"Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Red Hat Inc.\n"
+"Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Red Hat Inc.\n"
 "Usage:\n"
 "  %s [--options] -d domname\n"
 "  %s [--options] -a disk.img [-a disk.img ...]\n"
@@ -4589,7 +4589,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #, c-format
 msgid ""
 "libguestfs-test-tool: interactive test tool\n"
-"Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Red Hat Inc.\n"
+"Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Red Hat Inc.\n"
 "Usage:\n"
 "  libguestfs-test-tool [--options]\n"
 "Options:\n"