diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0d9aa36..e63fe95a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Changelog
 =========
-# 0.49.6 / TBC
+# 0.49.6 / 2024-11-11
 * [BUGFIX] Fixed `NullPointerException` on JBoss when user and password not set [#546][]
 
 # 0.49.5 / 2024-10-24
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index faa98b01..6f17cfcc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ otherwise the subsequent publishes will fail.
 
 ```
 Get help on usage:
-java -jar jmxfetch-0.49.6-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar --help
+java -jar jmxfetch-0.49.6-jar-with-dependencies.jar --help
 ```
 
 ## Updating Maven Wrapper
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a694b6e..d0d5ccff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.datadoghq</groupId>
     <artifactId>jmxfetch</artifactId>
-    <version>0.49.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.49.6</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>jmxfetch</name>