diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index bd4d215162..cab36102f5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-* V1.17.0.1 
+* V1.50.0 
+  * Added stable modules from different CK repositories (Issue #120)
+
   * Added ck list_tags {CID} to list all tags from found entries (uses search function)
   * Converted python files to PEP8 style using autopep8
   * Fixed bug with "ck unzip repo" if ckr.zip if not present
   * Added command "get_default_repo" to print the path to the default repo inside CK
-  * Added stable modules from different CK repositories (Issue #120)
+
+========================================================================================
 
 * V1.17.0
   * Updated description of all CK APIs in Google format!
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index dc8c30f713..3e0c5ec3ce 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 include CHANGES.txt
-include CONTRIBUTIONS.txt
+include CONTRIBUTING.md
 include COPYRIGHT.txt
 include LICENSE.txt
 include README.md
-include TODO.txt
 include ChangeLog
 include set-env.sh
 
diff --git a/ck/kernel.py b/ck/kernel.py
index 0cb708e9ee..942dbaed16 100755
--- a/ck/kernel.py
+++ b/ck/kernel.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 # We use 3 digits for the main (released) version and 4th digit for development revision
-__version__ = "1.17.0.1"
+__version__ = "1.50.0"
 # Do not use characters (to detect outdated version)!
 
 # Import packages that are global for the whole kernel