diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed7b6be08..7db730f64 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## version 2.49.0 - 2023/09/28
+
+
 
 * Allow the tip label key to be defined in the JSON via `display_defaults.tip_label`, in addition to being settable via a URL query.
 See [the docs](https://docs.nextstrain.org/projects/auspice/en/stable/advanced-functionality/view-settings.html) or [PR #1668](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/1668) for more.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 33fa65e45..ad3ba37c3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "auspice",
-  "version": "2.48.0",
+  "version": "2.49.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "auspice",
-      "version": "2.48.0",
+      "version": "2.49.0",
       "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/core": "^7.3.4",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec49038e7..efcf9decb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "auspice",
-  "version": "2.48.0",
+  "version": "2.49.0",
   "description": "Web app for visualizing pathogen evolution",
   "author": "James Hadfield, Trevor Bedford and Richard Neher",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
diff --git a/src/version.js b/src/version.js
index 5fd0b01b3..15398a98c 100644
--- a/src/version.js
+++ b/src/version.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const version = "2.48.0";
+const version = "2.49.0";
 
 module.exports = {
   version