diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index d1c1f560a..4cc3b16d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 List of major changes and improvements between releases
 =======================================================
 
-Yosys 0.49 .. Yosys 0.50-dev
+Yosys 0.49 .. Yosys 0.50
 --------------------------
+ * Various
+    - "write_verilog" emits "$check" cell names as labels.
 
 Yosys 0.48 .. Yosys 0.49
 --------------------------
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0aa13018..64cb028e9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ifeq ($(OS), Haiku)
 CXXFLAGS += -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE
 endif
 
-YOSYS_VER := 0.49+29
+YOSYS_VER := 0.50
 
 # Note: We arrange for .gitcommit to contain the (short) commit hash in
 # tarballs generated with git-archive(1) using .gitattributes. The git repo
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ endif
 OBJS = kernel/version_$(GIT_REV).o
 
 bumpversion:
-	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 427b5a2.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
+#	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 427b5a2.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
 
 ABCMKARGS = CC="$(CXX)" CXX="$(CXX)" ABC_USE_LIBSTDCXX=1 ABC_USE_NAMESPACE=abc VERBOSE=$(Q)
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index a27b4dc64..f6c4b307a 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 project = 'YosysHQ Yosys'
 author = 'YosysHQ GmbH'
 copyright ='2025 YosysHQ GmbH'
-yosys_ver = "0.49"
+yosys_ver = "0.50"
 
 # select HTML theme
 html_theme = 'furo-ys'