diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b79b66be..18829663 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+Overview of changes in Sysprof 49.alpha
+=======================================
+
+ * Various improvements to the greeter window
+ * New filtering for various types of marks
+ * Instrument improvements
+ * Ability to avoid using sysprofd in some specific use cases
+ * Desktop file/action integration improvements
+ * mmap fixes for HPPA architecture
+ * Improve ELF loader search directories
+ * Translation updates
+
 Overview of changes in Sysprof 48.0
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/data/org.gnome.Sysprof.appdata.xml.in.in b/data/org.gnome.Sysprof.appdata.xml.in.in
index 42c25447..83d7191e 100644
--- a/data/org.gnome.Sysprof.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/org.gnome.Sysprof.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   </provides>
 
   <releases>
-    <release version="48.0" date="2025-03-15"/>
+    <release version="49.alpha" date="2025-06-28"/>
   </releases>
 
   <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>