diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ec38b28a8..7f61bb1117 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ project(dfhack)
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "50.11")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r2rc1")
-set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "r2")
+set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE FALSE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
 set(DFHACK_ABI_VERSION 1)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 7a7b29391b..c5df00ba82 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ Template for new versions:
 
 # Future
 
+## New Tools
+
+## New Features
+
+## Fixes
+
+## Misc Improvements
+
+## Documentation
+
+## API
+
+## Lua
+
+## Removed
+
+# 50.11-r2
+
 ## New Tools
 - `spectate`: (reinstated) automatically follow dwarves, cycling among interesting ones
 - `preserve-tombs`: keep tombs assigned to units when they die
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index b685d71c15..b9c0733e94 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b685d71c152a05f8dc3752f74e9b7f7e73582468
+Subproject commit b9c0733e943fb0d22a6717596128b8d44ba4ce04
diff --git a/scripts b/scripts
index d83b1c9709..1fcc83838e 160000
--- a/scripts
+++ b/scripts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d83b1c97091f52c26db1b68f4050818a2c4ac2f1
+Subproject commit 1fcc83838e471fd8ef50cc6d6cb9259b69f1d847