diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dcb5b42ff..49bb29f04 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "50.05")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha0")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha1")
 set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 06c3975ca..a5d4ab434 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 
 ## New Plugins
 
+## Fixes
+
+## Misc Improvements
+
+## Documentation
+
+## API
+
+## Lua
+
+## Removed
+
+# 50.05-alpha1
+
 ## Fixes
 - ``widgets.WrappedLabel``: no longer resets scroll position when window is moved or resized
 
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index 06906687f..9cd1b4ea9 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 06906687f89733032e5cc813bdc9acfdd2405f31
+Subproject commit 9cd1b4ea9ab99919a64f2dfaa0c776ab007ec2d4
diff --git a/scripts b/scripts
index 64013d4b6..d3bc3b4d3 160000
--- a/scripts
+++ b/scripts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 64013d4b65ee60f36191a7d442fc2c8ef1fc388d
+Subproject commit d3bc3b4d379d3511a1aae51da7ccd6f553198195