diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25d7e43aa64..9ea06e576dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Make sure you enable the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.50.0", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs:
 
diff --git a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
index c4bb2a4d8a0..42076a75fde 100644
--- a/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/tokio/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,97 @@
+# 1.50.0 (Mar 3rd, 2026)
+
+### Added
+
+- net: add `TcpStream::set_zero_linger` ([#7837])
+- rt: add `is_rt_shutdown_err` ([#7771])
+
+### Changed
+
+- io: add optimizer hint that `memchr` returns in-bounds pointer ([#7792])
+- io: implement vectored writes for `write_buf` ([#7871])
+- runtime: panic when `event_interval` is set to 0 ([#7838])
+- runtime: shorten default thread name to fit in Linux limit ([#7880])
+- signal: remember the result of `SetConsoleCtrlHandler` ([#7833])
+- signal: specialize windows `Registry` ([#7885])
+
+### Fixed
+
+- io: always cleanup `AsyncFd` registration list on deregister ([#7773])
+- macros: remove (most) local `use` declarations in `tokio::select!` ([#7929])
+- net: fix `GET_BUF_SIZE` constant for `target_os = "android"` ([#7889])
+- runtime: avoid redundant unpark in current_thread scheduler ([#7834])
+- runtime: don't park in `current_thread` if `before_park` defers waker ([#7835])
+- io: fix write readiness on ESP32 on short writes ([#7872])
+- runtime: wake deferred tasks before entering `block_in_place` ([#7879])
+- sync: drop rx waker when oneshot receiver is dropped ([#7886])
+- runtime: fix double increment of `num_idle_threads` on shutdown ([#7910], [#7918], [#7922])
+
+### Unstable
+
+- fs: check for io-uring opcode support ([#7815])
+- runtime: avoid lock acquisition after uring init ([#7850])
+
+### Documented
+
+- docs: update outdated unstable features section ([#7839])
+- io: clarify the behavior of `AsyncWriteExt::shutdown()` ([#7908])
+- io: explain how to flush stdout/stderr ([#7904])
+- io: fix incorrect and confusing `AsyncWrite` documentation ([#7875])
+- rt: clarify the documentation of `Runtime::spawn` ([#7803])
+- rt: fix missing quotation in docs ([#7925])
+- runtime: correct the default thread name in docs ([#7896])
+- runtime: fix `event_interval` doc ([#7932])
+- sync: clarify RwLock fairness documentation ([#7919])
+- sync: clarify that `recv` returns `None` once closed and no more messages ([#7920])
+- task: clarify when to use `spawn_blocking` vs dedicated threads ([#7923])
+- task: doc that task drops before `JoinHandle` completion ([#7825])
+- signal: guarantee that listeners never return `None` ([#7869])
+- task: fix task module feature flags in docs ([#7891])
+- task: fix two typos ([#7913])
+- task: improve the docs of `Builder::spawn_local` ([#7828])
+- time: add docs about auto-advance and when to use sleep ([#7858])
+- util: fix typo in docs ([#7926])
+
+[#7771]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7771
+[#7773]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7773
+[#7792]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7792
+[#7803]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7803
+[#7815]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7815
+[#7825]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7825
+[#7828]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7828
+[#7833]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7833
+[#7834]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7834
+[#7835]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7835
+[#7837]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7837
+[#7838]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7838
+[#7839]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7839
+[#7850]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7850
+[#7858]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7858
+[#7869]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7869
+[#7871]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7871
+[#7872]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7872
+[#7875]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7875
+[#7879]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7879
+[#7880]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7880
+[#7885]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7885
+[#7886]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7886
+[#7889]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7889
+[#7891]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7891
+[#7896]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7896
+[#7904]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7904
+[#7908]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7908
+[#7910]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7910
+[#7913]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7913
+[#7918]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7918
+[#7919]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7919
+[#7920]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7920
+[#7922]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7922
+[#7923]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7923
+[#7925]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7925
+[#7926]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7926
+[#7929]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7929
+[#7932]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tokio/pull/7932
+
 # 1.49.0 (January 3rd, 2026)
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/tokio/Cargo.toml b/tokio/Cargo.toml
index 8cc187421e2..debfc0a047d 100644
--- a/tokio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name = "tokio"
 #   - README.md
 # - Update CHANGELOG.md.
 # - Create "v1.x.y" git tag.
-version = "1.49.0"
+version = "1.50.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.71"
 authors = ["Tokio Contributors <team@tokio.rs>"]
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ io-uring = ["dep:io-uring", "libc", "mio/os-poll", "mio/os-ext", "dep:slab"]
 taskdump = ["dep:backtrace"]
 
 [dependencies]
-tokio-macros = { version = "~2.6.0", path = "../tokio-macros", optional = true }
+tokio-macros = { version = "~2.6.0", optional = true }
 
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.11"
 
diff --git a/tokio/README.md b/tokio/README.md
index 25d7e43aa64..9ea06e576dc 100644
--- a/tokio/README.md
+++ b/tokio/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Make sure you enable the full features of the tokio crate on Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.49.0", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.50.0", features = ["full"] }
 ```
 Then, on your main.rs: