diff --git a/lib/BIGSdb/Application.pm b/lib/BIGSdb/Application.pm
index bb07d4bc..1e10ec0d 100644
--- a/lib/BIGSdb/Application.pm
+++ b/lib/BIGSdb/Application.pm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package BIGSdb::Application;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use 5.010;
-use version; our $VERSION = version->declare('v1.49.1');
+use version; our $VERSION = version->declare('v1.50.0');
 use Apache2::Connection;
 use parent qw(BIGSdb::BaseApplication);
 use BIGSdb::AjaxAnalysis;