diff --git a/nss_cache/__init__.py b/nss_cache/__init__.py
index b71c516..aec167a 100644
--- a/nss_cache/__init__.py
+++ b/nss_cache/__init__.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
     "vasilios@google.com (Vasilios Hoffman)",
 )
 
-__version__ = "0.48"
+__version__ = "0.50"
diff --git a/nsscache.1 b/nsscache.1
index fec6059..ec9d1e7 100644
--- a/nsscache.1
+++ b/nsscache.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NSSCACHE 1 2023-06-03 "nsscache 0.49" "User Commands"
+.TH NSSCACHE 1 2026-03-16 "nsscache 0.50" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 nsscache \- synchronise a local NSS cache with an upstream data source
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/nsscache.conf.5 b/nsscache.conf.5
index 217c680..1b58583 100644
--- a/nsscache.conf.5
+++ b/nsscache.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NSSCACHE.CONF 5 2023-06-03 "nsscache 0.49" "File formats"
+.TH NSSCACHE.CONF 5 2026-03-16 "nsscache 0.50" "File formats"
 .SH NAME
 nsscache.conf - NSS local cache synchroniser configuration file
 .SH SYNOPSIS
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index e78a0ef..9ab3ea2 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
 
 sed -i "1c\.TH NSSCACHE 1 $DATE \"nsscache $NEW_VERSION\" \"User Commands\"" nsscache.1
 sed -i "1c\.TH NSSCACHE.CONF 5 $DATE \"nsscache $NEW_VERSION\" \"File formats\"" nsscache.conf.5
-sed -i "s/__version__ = '.*'/__version__ = '$NEW_VERSION'/" nss_cache/__init__.py
+sed -i "s/__version__ = \".*\"/__version__ = \"$NEW_VERSION\"/" nss_cache/__init__.py
 
 
 git commit -a -m "Mint version $NEW_VERSION"