diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 558b044aa..664d78677 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "datafusion-python"
-version = "50.0.0"
+version = "50.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 18640b264..4ab1021c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 [package]
 name = "datafusion-python"
-version = "50.0.0"
+version = "50.1.0"
 homepage = "https://datafusion.apache.org/python"
 repository = "https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python"
 authors = ["Apache DataFusion <dev@datafusion.apache.org>"]
diff --git a/dev/changelog/50.1.0.md b/dev/changelog/50.1.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b9ff84ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/changelog/50.1.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
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+
+# Apache DataFusion Python 50.1.0 Changelog
+
+This release consists of 11 commits from 7 contributors. See credits at the end of this changelog for more information.
+
+**Breaking changes:**
+
+- Unify Table representations [#1256](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1256) (timsaucer)
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- feat: expose DataFrame.write_table [#1264](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1264) (timsaucer)
+- feat: expose` DataFrame.parse_sql_expr` [#1274](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1274) (milenkovicm)
+
+**Other:**
+
+- Update version number, add changelog [#1249](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1249) (timsaucer)
+- Fix drop() method to handle quoted column names consistently [#1242](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1242) (H0TB0X420)
+- Make Session Context `pyclass` frozen so interior mutability is only managed by rust [#1248](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1248) (ntjohnson1)
+- macos-13 is deprecated [#1259](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1259) (kevinjqliu)
+- Freeze PyO3 wrappers & introduce interior mutability to avoid PyO3 borrow errors [#1253](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1253) (kosiew)
+- chore: update dependencies [#1269](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/pull/1269) (timsaucer)
+
+## Credits
+
+Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release. Here is a breakdown of commits (PRs merged) per contributor.
+
+```
+     4	Tim Saucer
+     2	Siew Kam Onn
+     1	H0TB0X420
+     1	Kevin Liu
+     1	Marko Milenković
+     1	Nick
+     1	kosiew
+```
+
+Thank you also to everyone who contributed in other ways such as filing issues, reviewing PRs, and providing feedback on this release.
+