diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2cc0d70d9..2383e9968 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytemuck",
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-benchmark"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bf-tree",
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-benchmark-core"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "diskann",
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-benchmark-runner"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-benchmark-simd"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "diskann-benchmark-runner",
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-disk"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-label-filter"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bf-tree",
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-linalg"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "approx",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-platform"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "io-uring",
  "libc",
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-providers"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "approx",
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-quantization"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-tools"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bincode",
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-utils"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-vector"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "approx",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "diskann-wide"
-version = "0.49.1"
+version = "0.50.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "half",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 91cb564af..4e0cda86a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ default-members = [
 resolver = "3"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.49.1"      # Obeying semver
+version = "0.50.0"      # Obeying semver
 description = "DiskANN is a fast approximate nearest neighbor search library for high dimensional data"
 authors = ["Microsoft"]
 documentation = "https://github.com/microsoft/DiskANN"
@@ -48,22 +48,22 @@ undocumented_unsafe_blocks = "warn"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 # Base And Numerics
-diskann-wide = { path = "diskann-wide", version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-vector = { path = "diskann-vector", version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-linalg = { path = "diskann-linalg", version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-utils = { path = "diskann-utils", default-features = false, version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-quantization = { path = "diskann-quantization", default-features = false, version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-platform = { path = "diskann-platform", version = "0.49.1" }
+diskann-wide = { path = "diskann-wide", version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-vector = { path = "diskann-vector", version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-linalg = { path = "diskann-linalg", version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-utils = { path = "diskann-utils", default-features = false, version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-quantization = { path = "diskann-quantization", default-features = false, version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-platform = { path = "diskann-platform", version = "0.50.0" }
 # Algorithm
-diskann = { path = "diskann", version = "0.49.1" }
+diskann = { path = "diskann", version = "0.50.0" }
 # Providers
-diskann-providers = { path = "diskann-providers", default-features = false, version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-disk = { path = "diskann-disk", version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-label-filter = { path = "diskann-label-filter", version = "0.49.1" }
+diskann-providers = { path = "diskann-providers", default-features = false, version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-disk = { path = "diskann-disk", version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-label-filter = { path = "diskann-label-filter", version = "0.50.0" }
 # Infra
-diskann-benchmark-runner = { path = "diskann-benchmark-runner", version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-benchmark-core = { path = "diskann-benchmark-core", version = "0.49.1" }
-diskann-tools = { path = "diskann-tools", version = "0.49.1" }
+diskann-benchmark-runner = { path = "diskann-benchmark-runner", version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-benchmark-core = { path = "diskann-benchmark-core", version = "0.50.0" }
+diskann-tools = { path = "diskann-tools", version = "0.50.0" }
 
 # External dependencies (shared versions)
 anyhow = "1.0.98"