diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index c9034df766..fe001f70f6 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+## 0.0.50 (2026-11-13)
+
 ### Breaking Changes
 
 * 💥 Drop support for Python 3.10. PR [#2139](https://github.com/fastapi/sqlmodel/pull/2139) by [@tiangolo](https://github.com/tiangolo).
diff --git a/sqlmodel/__init__.py b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
index 87cd7f1730..99f692896a 100644
--- a/sqlmodel/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlmodel/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.49"
+__version__ = "0.0.50"
 
 # Re-export from Pydantic
 from pydantic import Discriminator as Discriminator