[release/v1.49.x] Prepare release 1.49.0 (open-telemetry#2162)

otelbot[bot] · web-flow · commit 3cd7586f9824 · 2025-08-22T16:00:03.000Z
Co-authored-by: otelbot &lt;197425009+otelbot@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## Version 1.49.0 (2025-08-22)
 
 ### Consistent sampling
 
diff --git a/version.gradle.kts b/version.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-val stableVersion = "1.49.0-SNAPSHOT"
-val alphaVersion = "1.49.0-alpha-SNAPSHOT"
+val stableVersion = "1.49.0"
+val alphaVersion = "1.49.0-alpha"
 
 allprojects {
   if (findProperty("otel.stable") != "true") {
