diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bfd4d84d4..cbd143090 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased][unreleased]
 
+## Added
+
+## Changed
+
+## Fixed
+
+## [1.50.0] - 17.12.2024
+
 ## Added
 - show specific notifications for webxdc events #4400
 - expose sendUpdateInterval & sendUpdateMaxSize in webxdc
@@ -3017,7 +3025,9 @@ This section is only relevant to contributors.
 
 **Historical Note 2** We removed the older changelog, you can look at the git history to get it. (version numbers made hallmark crazy)
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/compare/v1.49.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/compare/v1.50.0...HEAD
+
+[1.50.0]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/compare/v1.49.0...v1.50.0
 
 [1.49.0]: https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-desktop/compare/v1.48.0...v1.49.0
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f98b2df06..088e89cdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "private": "true",
   "name": "deltachat-desktop",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "1.49.0",
+  "version": "1.50.0",
   "scripts": {
     "preinstall": "node ./bin/check-nodejs-version.js",
     "check": "pnpm check:types && pnpm check:lint && pnpm check:format && pnpm check:target-versions && pnpm check:log-conventions",
diff --git a/packages/target-browser/package.json b/packages/target-browser/package.json
index c66cd0eda..bc64f0cf3 100644
--- a/packages/target-browser/package.json
+++ b/packages/target-browser/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "name": "@deltachat-desktop/target-browser",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "1.49.0",
+  "version": "1.50.0",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
   "scripts": {
     "check:types": "tsc --noEmit && tsc --noEmit -p runtime-browser",
diff --git a/packages/target-electron/package.json b/packages/target-electron/package.json
index 4ff5c89ce..2b5770bb8 100644
--- a/packages/target-electron/package.json
+++ b/packages/target-electron/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "name": "@deltachat-desktop/target-electron",
-  "version": "1.49.0",
+  "version": "1.50.0",
   "description": "Desktop Application for delta.chat",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/packages/target-tauri/package.json b/packages/target-tauri/package.json
index cfff762c2..0e78f18cd 100644
--- a/packages/target-tauri/package.json
+++ b/packages/target-tauri/package.json
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   "name": "deltachat-desktop-tauri",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
-  "version": "1.49.0"
+  "version": "1.50.0"
 }