diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a8e3e04b6..c912fd9da9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## Version 1.50.0 (2025-05-09)
+
 ### API
 
 * Clarify that AttributesBuilder.put allows nulls
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-api.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-api.txt
index d095106aa5..251bac6a43 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-api.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-api.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-api-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-api-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-api-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-api-1.49.0.jar
 ***  MODIFIED INTERFACE: PUBLIC ABSTRACT io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LogRecordBuilder  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
 	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.api.logs.LogRecordBuilder setEventName(java.lang.String)
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-context.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-context.txt
index 8546589e17..9efdc0f202 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-context.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-context.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-context-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-context-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-context-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-context-1.49.0.jar
 ***  MODIFIED INTERFACE: PUBLIC ABSTRACT io.opentelemetry.context.propagation.TextMapGetter  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
 	GENERIC TEMPLATES: === C:java.lang.Object
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-common.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-common.txt
index 869d4d3090..d606d25e1e 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-common.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-common.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-common-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-common-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-common-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-common-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp.txt
index ace6c206aa..3213407d10 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-logging-otlp-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-logging.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-logging.txt
index e59dd5cbe3..66765bbd2d 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-logging.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-logging.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-logging-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-logging-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-logging-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-logging-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.txt
index b1878dec13..dccb68d091 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-common-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp.txt
index f42f38022a..5b94efb974 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-1.49.0.jar
 ***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.http.metrics.OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
 	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.http.metrics.OtlpHttpMetricExporterBuilder setMeterProvider(io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider)
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-grpc-managed-channel.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-grpc-managed-channel.txt
index 0ad6714e02..f08abffd96 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-grpc-managed-channel.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-grpc-managed-channel.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-sender-grpc-managed-channel-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-sender-grpc-managed-channel-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-sender-grpc-managed-channel-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-sender-grpc-managed-channel-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-jdk.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-jdk.txt
index cf4339321b..0e46993c8d 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-jdk.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-jdk.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-sender-jdk-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-sender-jdk-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-sender-jdk-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-sender-jdk-1.49.0.jar
 No changes.
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp.txt
index 8cdc76c754..a5d29fdf22 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-sender-okhttp-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.txt
index a34d027380..d67132cc52 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-1.49.0.jar
 No changes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-extension-kotlin.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-extension-kotlin.txt
index d5033b059e..6c00ffe689 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-extension-kotlin.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-extension-kotlin.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-extension-kotlin-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-extension-kotlin-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-extension-kotlin-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-extension-kotlin-1.49.0.jar
 ===  UNCHANGED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.extension.kotlin.ContextExtensionsKt  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
 	***  MODIFIED ANNOTATION: kotlin.Metadata
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators.txt
index 32775622b3..3c10ead233 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim.txt
index e25b3d4a24..60af82fb8b 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-opentracing-shim-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-opentracing-shim-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-opentracing-shim-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-opentracing-shim-1.49.0.jar
 No changes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-common.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-common.txt
index 89bd2da2c3..7e8288c8dc 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-common.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-common.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-common-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-common-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-common-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-common-1.49.0.jar
 No changes.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi.txt
index 2f0667e466..1bf987b6fd 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-spi-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure.txt
index 026cc3efc5..fbea2fa801 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jaeger-remote-sampler.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jaeger-remote-sampler.txt
index 7f0c9afb95..bfea6a73db 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jaeger-remote-sampler.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jaeger-remote-sampler.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jaeger-remote-sampler-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jaeger-remote-sampler-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jaeger-remote-sampler-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-extension-jaeger-remote-sampler-1.49.0.jar
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diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-logs.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-logs.txt
index 77f779d192..aeb9aaf747 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-logs.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-logs.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-logs-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-logs-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-logs-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-logs-1.49.0.jar
 ***  MODIFIED INTERFACE: PUBLIC ABSTRACT io.opentelemetry.sdk.logs.data.LogRecordData  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
 	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) java.lang.String getEventName()
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.txt
index 72a131718a..3dc5b03f85 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-1.49.0.jar
 +++  NEW CLASS: PUBLIC(+) ABSTRACT(+) io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.DelegatingMetricData  (not serializable)
 	+++  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- n.a.
 	+++  NEW INTERFACE: io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.data.MetricData
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-testing.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-testing.txt
index b7af8bfe5a..b5f817ef92 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-testing.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-testing.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-testing-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-testing-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-testing-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-testing-1.49.0.jar
 ***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.LogRecordDataAssert  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
 	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.assertj.LogRecordDataAssert hasEventName(java.lang.String)
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-trace.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-trace.txt
index 9a3b530542..8a439fc3dd 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-trace.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-trace.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-trace-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-trace-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-trace-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-trace-1.49.0.jar
 ***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProviderBuilder  (not serializable)
 	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
 	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SdkTracerProviderBuilder addSpanProcessorFirst(io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.SpanProcessor)
diff --git a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk.txt b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk.txt
index 68adad94ec..4c89342122 100644
--- a/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk.txt
+++ b/docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-1.50.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-1.49.0.jar
+Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-1.51.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-1.49.0.jar
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.gradle.kts b/version.gradle.kts
index c7f534fe0e..74272dc6b5 100644
--- a/version.gradle.kts
+++ b/version.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 val snapshot = true
 
 allprojects {
-  var ver = "1.50.0"
+  var ver = "1.51.0"
   val release = findProperty("otel.release")
   if (release != null) {
     ver += "-" + release