diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4588069b7a7..443ad21158f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # HtmlUnit
 
-Version 2.49.1 / April 11, 2021
+Version 2.50.0 / May 16, 2021
 
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ For maven, you would add:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-        <version>2.49.1</version>
+        <version>2.50.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
 Overview
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ If you use maven please add:
     <dependency>
         <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
         <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-        <version>2.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.51.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
 You have to add the sonatype snapshot repository to your pom distributionManagement section also:
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ License
 This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License
 
 
-[1]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/htmlunit/files/htmlunit/2.49.1/ "HtmlUnit on sourceforge"
+[1]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/htmlunit/files/htmlunit/2.50.0/ "HtmlUnit on sourceforge"
 [2]: https://jenkins.wetator.org/job/HtmlUnit%20-%20Headless/ "HtmlUnit CI"
 [3]: https://twitter.com/HtmlUnit "https://twitter.com/HtmlUnit"
 [4]: https://htmlunit.sourceforge.io/ "https://htmlunit.sourceforge.io/"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb661cc8576..a61f696a585 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-    <version>2.50.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.50.0</version>
     <name>HtmlUnit</name>
     <organization>
         <name>Gargoyle Software Inc.</name>
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <htmlunitdriver.version>2.49.1</htmlunitdriver.version>
+        <htmlunitdriver.version>2.50.0</htmlunitdriver.version>
         <htmlunitcssparser.version>1.7.0</htmlunitcssparser.version>
-        <htmlunitneko.version>2.49.0</htmlunitneko.version>
-        <htmlunitcorejs.version>2.50.0-SNAPSHOT</htmlunitcorejs.version>
+        <htmlunitneko.version>2.50.0</htmlunitneko.version>
+        <htmlunitcorejs.version>2.50.0</htmlunitcorejs.version>
 
         <httpcomponents.version>4.5.13</httpcomponents.version>
         <jetty.version>9.4.40.v20210413</jetty.version>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index a630311dda4..fbcf8358dd8 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </properties>
 
     <body>
-        <release version="2.50.0" date="Mai xx, 2021" description="Bugfixes, Firefox 88, Chrome/Edge 89">
+        <release version="2.50.0" date="May 16, 2021" description="Bugfixes, Firefox 88, Chrome/Edge 89">
             <action type="fix" dev="rbri">
                 HTMLElement.innerText implementation is now closer to the spec.
             </action>
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
index 7b4a8deabf6..474bca0f7cb 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/index.xml
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
         <section name="Where to find...">
             <p>
                 <dl>
-                    <dt>Latest release <date>April 11, 2021</date></dt>
+                    <dt>Latest release <date>May 16, 2021</date></dt>
                     <dd>
-                        <p><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/htmlunit/files/htmlunit/2.49.1/">version 2.49.1</a></p>
+                        <p><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/htmlunit/files/htmlunit/2.50.0/">version 2.50.0</a></p>
                     </dd>
 
                     <dt>Source code</dt>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 <dependency>
     <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
     <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
-    <version>2.49.1</version>
+    <version>2.50.0</version>
 </dependency>]]></source>
             </p>
 
diff --git a/src/site/xdoc/packagingARelease.xml b/src/site/xdoc/packagingARelease.xml
index dceb5342af5..5c75340d757 100644
--- a/src/site/xdoc/packagingARelease.xml
+++ b/src/site/xdoc/packagingARelease.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ mvn clean deploy -Dmaven.test.skip=true
                             </li>
                             <li>
                                 Build the release and store it in the local repository
-                                <source>mvn -up clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true</source>
+                                <source>mvn -up -U clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true</source>
                             </li>
                         </ol>
                     </li>
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ mvn clean deploy -Dmaven.test.skip=true
                         <li>fill the tag and title field with the release number (e.g. 1.1.0)</li>
                         <li>append
                           <ul>
-                            <li>htmlunit-2.49.0-bin.zip</li>
-                            <li>htmlunit-2.49.0-src.zip</li>
+                            <li>htmlunit-2.50.0-bin.zip</li>
+                            <li>htmlunit-2.50.0-src.zip</li>
                           </ul>
                         </li>
                         <li>do not publish the release now, we have to add a file later on</li>
