diff --git a/docs/config.toml b/docs/config.toml
index 871dcb24f..054ccab56 100644
--- a/docs/config.toml
+++ b/docs/config.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ twitter = "GoHugoIO"
 [params]
   description = "The world’s fastest framework for building websites"
   ## Used for views in rendered HTML (i.e., rather than using the .Hugo variable)
-  release = "0.49.2"
+  release = "0.50-DEV"
   ## Setting this to true will add a "noindex" to *EVERY* page on the site
   removefromexternalsearch = false
   ## Gh repo for site footer (include trailing slash)
diff --git a/helpers/hugo.go b/helpers/hugo.go
index 2a5f65596..b3ded9d5d 100644
--- a/helpers/hugo.go
+++ b/helpers/hugo.go
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ func (v HugoVersion) NextPatchLevel(level int) HugoVersion {
 // CurrentHugoVersion represents the current build version.
 // This should be the only one.
 var CurrentHugoVersion = HugoVersion{
-	Number:     0.49,
-	PatchLevel: 2,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.50,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
 
 func hugoVersion(version float32, patchVersion int, suffix string) string {
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index f5e61de9a..64493c5cd 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.49.2"
+version: "0.50-DEV"
 summary: Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator
 description: |
   Hugo is a static HTML and CSS website generator written in Go. It is
   optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory
   with content and templates and renders them into a full HTML website.
 confinement: strict
-grade: stable # "devel" or "stable"
+grade: devel # "devel" or "stable"
 environment:
     GO111MODULE: on
 
diff --git a/temp/0.49.2-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.49.2-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 367baaf93..000000000
--- a/temp/0.49.2-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is fixes one regression from Hugo `0.42.1`:
-
-* Fix type checking in Append [2159d77f](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/2159d77f368eb1f78e51dd94133554f88052d85f) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#5303](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5303)
-
-
-
-
-