diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8dfeabc094..6efee74a45 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ Versioned according to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [2.49.0] - 2023-03-24
+
 Changed:
 
-  * :fire: publish Docker images to ghcr.io, not docker.io, #997
+  * :fire: (for now: also) publish Docker images to ghcr.io, not docker.io, #997
   * `ocrd resmgr`: eynollah models now provided by eynollah itself, qurator-spk/eynollah#91
 
 ## [2.48.1] - 2023-03-22
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/setup.py b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
index 88d319573c..9e6e126d39 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/setup.py
+++ b/ocrd_utils/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='ocrd_utils',
-    version='2.48.1',
+    version='2.49.0',
     description='OCR-D framework - shared code, helpers, constants',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',