diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 66b81e9..febc17a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.49.7"
+  ".": "0.50.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c6ad269..d4fdccd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.50.0](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.49.7...v0.50.0) (2025-09-12)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* **extractor:** remove Referer from follow-up VidSrc requests completely ([ffd62a5](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/ffd62a5d160266f168422bf5d3f66e374f8ac140))
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add support for proxy per host using minimatch ([b513a89](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/b513a8926bec22ea47053551445ebbad5ab6ecd9))
+
+
+### Code Refactoring
+
+* create dispatcher per request ([2f370d1](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/commit/2f370d1b9c20aa3cc51a9c59852a0768949a3afa))
+
 ## [0.49.7](https://github.com/webstreamr/webstreamr/compare/v0.49.6...v0.49.7) (2025-09-11)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a1dd39c..45951e5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
-  "version": "0.49.7",
+  "version": "0.50.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "webstreamr",
-      "version": "0.49.7",
+      "version": "0.50.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@keyv/sqlite": "^4.0.5",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ec0311c..2326d88 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "webstreamr",
   "description": "Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites.",
-  "version": "0.49.7",
+  "version": "0.50.0",
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
     "analyse": "tsc --noEmit --project ./tsconfig.dev.json",
diff --git a/src/utils/manifest.ts b/src/utils/manifest.ts
index c36c706..efafead 100644
--- a/src/utils/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/utils/manifest.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const typedEntries = <T extends object>(obj: T): [keyof T, T[keyof T]][] => (Obj
 export const buildManifest = (sources: Source[], extractors: Extractor[], config: Config): CustomManifest => {
   const manifest: CustomManifest = {
     id: envGetAppId(),
-    version: '0.49.7', // x-release-please-version
+    version: '0.50.0', // x-release-please-version
     name: envGetAppName(),
     description: 'Provides HTTP URLs from streaming websites. Configure add-on for additional languages. Add MediaFlow proxy for more URLs.',
     resources: [