From 495390b2083d44e813a42dc38254d6c42530c39f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Thompson <matthew.thompson@nasa.gov>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:59:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare for 2.50.0 Release

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 CMakeLists.txt |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e75d674dbb1c..c5eb5be4b69d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,20 +9,29 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
-- Added MAPL_Reverse_Schmidt to reverse the stretched grid for indices computation
-
 ### Changed
 
-- Propagated the error message from MAPL_HorzIJIndex subroutine
-
 ### Fixed
 
-- Trapped more errors from Extdata's i-server
-
 ### Removed
 
 ### Deprecated
 
+## [2.50.0] - 2024-10-10
+
+### Added
+
+- Added `MAPL_Reverse_Schmidt` to reverse the stretched grid for indices computation
+
+### Changed
+
+- Propagated the error message from `MAPL_HorzIJIndex` subroutine
+- Updated minimum CMake version to 3.23
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Trapped more errors from Extdata's i-server
+
 ## [2.49.1] - 2024-10-07
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7db50cdad264..27e90cb1f936 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.17)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.23)
 
 get_property(is_multi_config GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
 if(NOT is_multi_config AND NOT (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE OR DEFINED ENV{CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}))
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif ()
 
 project (
   MAPL
-  VERSION 2.49.1
+  VERSION 2.50.0
   LANGUAGES Fortran CXX C)  # Note - CXX is required for ESMF
 
 # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui