diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 02375a2ae2..d395927c39 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+## 0.49.6 (May 17, 2023)
+
+SECURITY:
+
+* Upgrade to use Go 1.19.9.
+This resolves vulnerabilities [CVE-2023-24537](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9f7g-gqwh-jpf5)(`go/scanner`),
+[CVE-2023-24538](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v4m2-x4rp-hv22)(`html/template`),
+[CVE-2023-24534](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8v5j-pwr7-w5f8)(`net/textproto`) and
+[CVE-2023-24536](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9f7g-gqwh-jpf5)(`mime/multipart`).
+Also, `golang.org/x/net` has been updated to v0.7.0 to resolve CVEs [CVE-2022-41721
+](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fxg5-wq6x-vr4w
+), [CVE-2022-27664](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-69cg-p879-7622) and [CVE-2022-41723
+](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vvpx-j8f3-3w6h
+.) [[GH-2110](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/2110)]
+
+IMPROVEMENTS:
+
+* helm: Set default `limits.cpu` resource setting to `null` for `consul-connect-inject-init` container to speed up registration times when onboarding services onto the mesh during the init container lifecycle. [[GH-2008](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/issues/2008)]
+
 ## 0.49.5 (March 9, 2023)
 
 SECURITY:
diff --git a/charts/consul/Chart.yaml b/charts/consul/Chart.yaml
index ccc02a74db..6b2e0aab98 100644
--- a/charts/consul/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: consul
-version: 0.49.6-dev
+version: 0.49.6
 appVersion: 1.13.7
 kubeVersion: ">=1.21.0-0"
 description: Official HashiCorp Consul Chart
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ sources:
   - https://github.com/hashicorp/consul
   - https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s
 annotations:
-  artifacthub.io/prerelease: true
+  artifacthub.io/prerelease: false
   artifacthub.io/images: |
     - name: consul
       image: hashicorp/consul:1.13.7
     - name: consul-k8s-control-plane
-      image: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/hashicorppreview/consul-k8s-control-plane:0.49.6-dev
+      image: hashicorp/consul-k8s-control-plane:0.49.6
     - name: envoy
       image: envoyproxy/envoy:v1.23.1
   artifacthub.io/license: MPL-2.0
diff --git a/charts/consul/values.yaml b/charts/consul/values.yaml
index c2b81c1ea1..8e3a4fac72 100644
--- a/charts/consul/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/values.yaml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ global:
   # image: "hashicorp/consul-enterprise:1.10.0-ent"
   # ```
   # @default: hashicorp/consul:<latest version>
-  image: "hashicorp/consul:1.13.7"
+  image: "hashicorp/consul:1.13.8"
 
   # Array of objects containing image pull secret names that will be applied to each service account.
   # This can be used to reference image pull secrets if using a custom consul or consul-k8s-control-plane Docker image.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ global:
   # image that is used for functionality such as catalog sync.
   # This can be overridden per component.
   # @default: hashicorp/consul-k8s-control-plane:<latest version>
-  imageK8S: docker.mirror.hashicorp.services/hashicorppreview/consul-k8s-control-plane:0.49.6-dev
+  imageK8S: hashicorp/consul-k8s-control-plane:0.49.6
 
   # The name of the datacenter that the agents should
   # register as. This can't be changed once the Consul cluster is up and running
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ global:
   # connect-injected sidecar proxies and mesh, terminating, and ingress gateways.
   # See https://www.consul.io/docs/connect/proxies/envoy for full compatibility matrix between Consul and Envoy.
   # @default: envoyproxy/envoy-alpine:<latest supported version>
-  imageEnvoy: "envoyproxy/envoy:v1.23.1"
+  imageEnvoy: "envoyproxy/envoy:v1.23.8"
 
   # Configuration for running this Helm chart on the Red Hat OpenShift platform.
   # This Helm chart currently supports OpenShift v4.x+.
diff --git a/cli/version/version.go b/cli/version/version.go
index e63f0dde27..97aad5824f 100644
--- a/cli/version/version.go
+++ b/cli/version/version.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var (
 	// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+	VersionPrerelease = ""
 )
 
 // GetHumanVersion composes the parts of the version in a way that's suitable
diff --git a/control-plane/version/version.go b/control-plane/version/version.go
index e63f0dde27..97aad5824f 100644
--- a/control-plane/version/version.go
+++ b/control-plane/version/version.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var (
 	// A pre-release marker for the version. If this is "" (empty string)
 	// then it means that it is a final release. Otherwise, this is a pre-release
 	// such as "dev" (in development), "beta", "rc1", etc.
-	VersionPrerelease = "dev"
+	VersionPrerelease = ""
 )
 
 // GetHumanVersion composes the parts of the version in a way that's suitable