diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5817107a42..a060806b7e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ project(dfhack)
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "50.14")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "beta")
-set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r1")
+set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
 set(DFHACK_ABI_VERSION 2)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 656a31a8b0..e6baf71475 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,24 @@ Template for new versions:
 
 ## New Features
 
+## Fixes
+
+## Misc Improvements
+
+## Documentation
+
+## API
+
+## Lua
+
+## Removed
+
+# 50.14-r1
+
+## New Tools
+
+## New Features
+
 ## Fixes
 - `preserve-rooms`: don't reserve a room for citizens that you expel from the fort
 - `autobutcher`: fix regression in ordering of butcherable animals
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index 7ec88aae2d..9f7e9d1c2f 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7ec88aae2d9e115e23e47184a04c521ecb760db0
+Subproject commit 9f7e9d1c2fa9348af3a4e50f9b692663fc01a6a2