diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cdff49713..5b2e0e369 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [5.0.48] - 2023-11-01
+
+* improved the translation between the web browser mouse coordinates and the underlying FITS image pixel coordinates
+* updated the mongoose C networking library to v7.12
+
 ## [5.0.47] - 2023-10-25
 
 * a new functionality: an initial support for importing ds9 region files (*.reg) with _*image*_/_*physical*_/_*wcs*_ (_*fk5*_ only) coordinates and two types of shapes: _*circle*_ and _*point*_ (_*hint*_: a menu setting _*FITS*_ / _*import ds9 region*_)
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 29d0c0d2b..7f9c3adce 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #define VERSION_MAJOR 5
 #define VERSION_MINOR 0
-#define VERSION_SUB 47
+#define VERSION_SUB 48
 
 #define STR_HELPER(x) #x
 #define STR(x) STR_HELPER(x)
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
         VERSION_SUB)
 
 #define WASM_VERSION "23.10.18.0"
-#define VERSION_STRING "F/SV2023-10-24.0-BETA"
\ No newline at end of file
+#define VERSION_STRING "F/SV2023-11-01.0-BETA"
\ No newline at end of file