diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 68ed03fda..24af24e83 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Latest changes
 
+## 0.49.1
+
 * Fix path operation duplicated parameters when used in dependencies and the path operation function. PR [#994](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/994) by [@merowinger92](https://github.com/merowinger92).
 * Update Netlify previews deployment GitHub action as the fix is already merged and there's a new release. PR [#1047](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1047).
 * Move mypy configurations to config file. PR [#987](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/987) by [@hukkinj1](https://github.com/hukkinj1).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 08c2fb4c8..6f78b1bc3 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.49.0"
+__version__ = "0.49.1"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks