diff --git a/Changelog.yaml b/Changelog.yaml
index 4db9fae61c..b6da42e149 100644
--- a/Changelog.yaml
+++ b/Changelog.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,47 @@
 #   new recipes:
 #     - title: 
 
+- version: 2.50.0
+  date: 2016-01-29
+
+  new features:
+    - title: "Change the way that devices are detected on Windows. This fixes device detection problems on some Windows 10 computers"
+
+    - title: "Edit Book: When inserting images, add an option to insert the image as a full page image"
+
+    - title: "DOCX Input: Add support for framed text created by setting the same border style on neighboring paragraphs."
+      tickets: [1526663]
+
+    - title: "Update PocketBook 650 driver for latest firmware revision"
+      tickets: [1535801] 
+
+  bug fixes:
+    - title: "DOCX Input: Fix empty paragraphs with borders being rendered with an empty line inside the borders"
+
+    - title: "ODT Input: Fix fallback PNG images generated by LibreOffice 4.x for SVG images not being ignored"
+
+    - title: "Fix restore library failing on some windows systems with non-ascii library paths"
+
+    - title: "Edit Book: Fix error when merging an empty HTML document or one that contains only text and no tags."
+      tickets: [1535427]
+
+    - title: "Fix failure to add FB2 files that contain published dates."
+      tickets: [1535007]
+
+    - title: "Use a private certificate when downloading plugins via HTTPS. This fixes errors on some windows machines that have missing root certificates."
+
+    - title: "Fix tag editor not working correctly for comma-separated custom columns"
+
+    - title: "Fix existing rating not being removed when using Polish Books or Embed Metadata tools on EPUB files."
+      tickets: [1534597]
+
+  improved recipes:
+    - New Scientist
+    - FAZ.net
+    - Scientific American
+    - Business World Magazine
+    - Houston Chronicle
+
 - version: 2.49.0
   date: 2016-01-15
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/constants.py b/src/calibre/constants.py
index 06341edb01..2ff1ff8111 100644
--- a/src/calibre/constants.py
+++ b/src/calibre/constants.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 __appname__   = u'calibre'
-numeric_version = (2, 49, 0)
+numeric_version = (2, 50, 0)
 __version__   = u'.'.join(map(unicode, numeric_version))
 __author__    = u"Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"