diff --git a/0001-relax-cryptography-dependency-version-requirement.patch b/0001-relax-cryptography-dependency-version-requirement.patch
index c5552b6..38bcb73 100644
--- a/0001-relax-cryptography-dependency-version-requirement.patch
+++ b/0001-relax-cryptography-dependency-version-requirement.patch
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ index 271c17c22..e8a71d477 100644
 -    "cryptography>=3.4.7",
 +    "cryptography>=3.4",
      "ijson>=3.1",
- ]
+     "matrix-common==1.0.0",
  
 -- 
 2.31.1
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.spec b/matrix-synapse.spec
index 0954b7c..f306861 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 %global srcname synapse
 
 # Version suffix in URL when building release candidates
-%global rcx %{nil}
+%global rcx rc1
 
 %{?python_enable_dependency_generator}
 
 Name:       matrix-%{srcname}
-Version:    1.49.2
-Release:    1%{?dist}
+Version:    1.50.0
+Release:    0.1%{?dist}
 Summary:    A Matrix reference homeserver written in Python using Twisted
 License:    ASL 2.0
 URL:        https://github.com/matrix-org/%{srcname}
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-jinja2 >= 2.9
 BuildRequires:  python3-jsonschema
 BuildRequires:  python3-jwt
 BuildRequires:  python3-lxml >= 3.5.0
+BuildRequires:  python3-matrix-common
 BuildRequires:  python3-matrix-synapse-ldap3 >= 0.1
 BuildRequires:  python3-msgpack >= 0.5.2
 BuildRequires:  python3-netaddr >= 0.7.18
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jan 10 2022 Kai A. Hiller <V02460@gmail.com> - 1.50.0-0.1
+- Update to v1.50.0
+
 * Tue Dec 21 2021 Kai A. Hiller <V02460@gmail.com> - 1.49.2-1
 - Update to v1.49.2