diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2df2e025e..e3b281b909 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     Feature #8580: Sort characters in the save loading menu
     Feature #8597: Lua: Add more built-in event handlers
     Feature #8629: Expose path grid data to Lua
+    Feature #8654: Allow lua world.createRecord to create NPC records
 
 0.49.0
 ------
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 57ebeefcfd..5991c57c4c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ message(STATUS "Configuring OpenMW...")
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_MINOR 50)
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_RELEASE 0)
-set(OPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION 87)
+set(OPENMW_LUA_API_REVISION 88)
 set(OPENMW_POSTPROCESSING_API_REVISION 3)
 
 set(OPENMW_VERSION_COMMITHASH "")