diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 378ef57a61..0e6dc9c5b9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ endif()
 
 # set up versioning.
 set(DF_VERSION "50.05")
-set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha2")
+set(DFHACK_RELEASE "alpha3")
 set(DFHACK_PRERELEASE TRUE)
 
 set(DFHACK_VERSION "${DF_VERSION}-${DFHACK_RELEASE}")
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 2bd7b8257c..9b7521325c 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 
 # Future
 
+## New Plugins
+
+## Fixes
+
+## Misc Improvements
+
+## Documentation
+
+## API
+
+## Lua
+
+## Removed
+
+# 50.05-alpha3
+
 ## New Plugins
 - `autoslab`: automatically create work orders to engrave slabs for ghostly dwarves
 
diff --git a/library/xml b/library/xml
index 632a5930ed..0f12accaa3 160000
--- a/library/xml
+++ b/library/xml
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 632a5930ed40616d62043de1234bf007dbbbc634
+Subproject commit 0f12accaa3e150363e446320e6daeceebb6c7022
diff --git a/scripts b/scripts
index 986bf448e6..6816c56cba 160000
--- a/scripts
+++ b/scripts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 986bf448e6584820f4d1186ec4e66451329cf7f2
+Subproject commit 6816c56cbae3ccf85471fe6b574ba89643676723