diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d8d2980830ae321633eac438758a225e746501ef..8b44bc58e336cff215a76b6ff2bbdcda4bfd24d4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-phoc 0.49~rc1
--------------
+phoc 0.49.0
+-----------
 Released August 2025
-* Fix (use after free) crash on shell unlock
 * Add initial sysprof support
 * Reject input in shell mode when shell is not up
 * Add debug option to damage whole output
+* Fix (use after free) crash on shell unlock
+* Fix popup related crash
+* Fix clang+musl build
 * Issues fixed:
     * https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phoc/-/issues/411
     * https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phoc/-/issues/228
 * Contributors:
+    * Achill Gilgenast
     * Guido Günther
 
 phoc 0.48.0
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7e487d5c0b0698a2378c27d6726cfb434a38c214..40585d7a3e0ce0f4e3b11bb46b990ed81b094f62 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+phoc (0.49.0) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Guido Günther ]
+  * view: Don't overwrite picked output.
+    If we found an output for the view we shouldn't overwrite it
+    unconditionally with the first output.
+
+  [ Achill Gilgenast ]
+  * tools/output-states: Add missing include <locale.h>
+
+ -- Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>  Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:39:28 +0200
+
 phoc (0.49~rc1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * gtk-shell: Remove unused signal
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b9a57908bf28539a2d712438466ac1140d7bad88..73e15fea4aeb1bf5e6b948717d06e9cb41aa1a97 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
   'phoc',
   'c',
-  version: '0.49.rc1',
+  version: '0.49.0',
   license: 'GPLv3+',
   meson_version: '>= 0.63.0',
   default_options: ['warning_level=1', 'buildtype=debugoptimized', 'c_std=gnu11'],