diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a8204db4..3d0d3c075 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,61 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.48.0] - 2026-03-30
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fix reordering problems in multi-relay setups by not sorting received messages below the last seen one.
+- Always sort "Messages are end-to-end encrypted" notice to the beginning.
+- Make Message-ID of pre-messages stable across resends ([#8007](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/8007)).
+- Delete `imap_markseen` entries not corresponding to any `imap` rows.
+- Cleanup `imap` and `imap_sync` records without transport in housekeeping.
+- When receiving MDN, mark all preceding messages as noticed, even having same timestamp ([#7928](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/7928)).
+- Remove migration 108 preventing upgrades from core 1.86.0 to the latest version.
+
+### Features / Changes
+
+- Improve IMAP loop logs.
+- Add decryption error to the device message about outgoing message decryption failure.
+- Log received message sort timestamp.
+
+### Performance
+
+- Move sorting outside of SQL query in `store_seen_flags_on_imap`.
+
+### API-Changes
+
+- Add JSON-RPC API `markfresh_chat()`.
+- ffi: Correctly declare `dc_event_channel_new()` as having no params ([#7831](https://github.com/chatmail/core/pull/7831)).
+
+### Refactor
+
+- Remove `wal_checkpoint_mutex`, lock `write_mutex` before getting sql connection instead.
+- Replace async `RwLock` with sync `RwLock` for stock strings.
+- Cleanup remaining Autocrypt Setup Message processing in `mimeparser`.
+- SecureJoin: do not check for self address in forwarding protection.
+- Fix clippy warnings.
+
+### CI
+
+- Update {c,py}.delta.chat website deployments.
+- Use environments for {rs,cffi,js.jsonrpc}.delta.chat deployments.
+- Fix https://docs.zizmor.sh/audits/#bot-conditions.
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Add SQL performance tips to STYLE.md.
+
+### Tests
+
+- Remove `test_old_message_5`.
+- Do not rely on loading newest chat in `load_imf_email()`.
+- Use `load_imf_email()` more.
+- The message is sorted correctly in the chat even if it arrives late.
+
+### Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- cargo: update rustls-webpki to 0.103.10.
+
 ## [2.47.0] - 2026-03-24
 
 ### Fixes
@@ -7984,3 +8040,4 @@ https://github.com/chatmail/core/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed
 [2.45.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.44.0..v2.45.0
 [2.46.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.45.0..v2.46.0
 [2.47.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.46.0..v2.47.0
+[2.48.0]: https://github.com/chatmail/core/compare/v2.47.0..v2.48.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1449080d8..b24c166eb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "astral-tokio-tar",
@@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel 2.5.0",
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "deltachat",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1adc8d5b1..347b126b2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.88"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 6e6d342c5..8d706d868 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index aaee7988b..865fb039e 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-jsonrpc"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC API"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
index 8ce7c4f01..c8ee203a5 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/package.json
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "dist/deltachat.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.48.0-dev"
+  "version": "2.48.0"
 }
diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 7e92f7f26..8f5ecacb4 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-repl"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/chatmail/core"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
index dd6fde1e0..c8bb8c7c8 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-client"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python client for Delta Chat core JSON-RPC interface"
 classifiers = [
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index d8a61a8c9..5386d5493 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat-rpc-server"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 description = "DeltaChat JSON-RPC server"
 edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
index 0644ba7a6..7556ae5d8 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/npm-package/package.json
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
   },
   "type": "module",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "version": "2.48.0-dev"
+  "version": "2.48.0"
 }
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index a08579000..936252e9f 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "2.48.0-dev"
+version = "2.48.0"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 description = "Python bindings for the Delta Chat Core library using CFFI against the Rust-implemented libdeltachat"
 readme = "README.rst"
diff --git a/release-date.in b/release-date.in
index 50ded3194..a502bb90f 100644
--- a/release-date.in
+++ b/release-date.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2026-03-24
\ No newline at end of file
+2026-03-30
\ No newline at end of file