diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index ce34f1bd3..5980cd674 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ consumption to do the same tasks.
 Detailed list of changes
 -------------------------------------
 
-0.48.1 [future]
+0.48.1 [2026-07-24]
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 - Wayland: fix a regression in the previous release that broke window sizing for on Hyprland/Sway with fractional scales and an initial specified size (:iss:`10268`)
diff --git a/kitty/constants.py b/kitty/constants.py
index 8b606b9f1..425514f8a 100644
--- a/kitty/constants.py
+++ b/kitty/constants.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Version(NamedTuple):
 
 appname: str = 'kitty'
 kitty_face = '🐱'
-version: Version = Version(0, 48, 0)
+version: Version = Version(0, 48, 1)
 str_version: str = '.'.join(map(str, version))
 _plat = sys.platform.lower()
 is_macos: bool = 'darwin' in _plat
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
             ans = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(ans))
         ans = os.path.join(ans, 'kitty')
         return ans
+
     kitty_base_dir = get_frozen_base()
     del get_frozen_base
 else:
@@ -95,11 +96,15 @@ def _get_config_dir() -> str:
         return str(cdir)
     import atexit
     import tempfile
+
     ans = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='kitty-conf-')
+
     def cleanup() -> None:
         import shutil
+
         with suppress(Exception):
             shutil.rmtree(ans)
+
     atexit.register(cleanup)
     return ans
 
@@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ def runtime_dir() -> str:
         candidate = os.path.abspath(os.environ['KITTY_RUNTIME_DIRECTORY'])
     elif is_macos:
         from .fast_data_types import user_cache_dir
+
         candidate = user_cache_dir()
     elif 'XDG_RUNTIME_DIR' in os.environ:
         candidate = os.path.abspath(os.environ['XDG_RUNTIME_DIR'])
@@ -137,6 +143,7 @@ def runtime_dir() -> str:
             candidate = os.path.join(cache_dir(), 'run')
     os.makedirs(candidate, exist_ok=True)
     import stat
+
     if stat.S_IMODE(os.stat(candidate).st_mode) != 0o700:
         os.chmod(candidate, 0o700)
     return candidate
@@ -144,6 +151,7 @@ def runtime_dir() -> str:
 
 def wakeup_io_loop() -> None:
     from .fast_data_types import get_boss
+
     b = get_boss()
     if b is not None:
         b.child_monitor.wakeup()
@@ -168,11 +176,10 @@ ssh_control_master_template = 'kssh-{kitty_pid}-{ssh_placeholder}'
 # Update the spec in docs/desktop-notifications.rst if you change this.
 standard_icon_names = {
     'error': ('dialog-error', '☠'),
-    'warning': ('dialog-warning','⚠'),
+    'warning': ('dialog-warning', '⚠'),
     'warn': ('dialog-warning', '⚠'),
     'info': ('dialog-information', 'ℹ'),
     'question': ('dialog-question', '❔'),
-
     'help': ('system-help', '📖'),
     'file-manager': ('system-file-manager', '🗄'),
     'system-monitor': ('utilities-system-monitor', '🎛'),
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ def detect_if_wayland_ok() -> bool:
     if not os.path.exists(wayland):
         return False
     import ctypes
+
     with suppress(Exception):
         setattr(detect_if_wayland_ok, 'keep_module_loaded', ctypes.CDLL(wayland))
         return True
@@ -234,11 +242,13 @@ def running_in_kitty(set_val: bool | None = None) -> bool:
 
 def list_kitty_resources(package: str = 'kitty') -> Iterator[str]:
     from importlib.resources import files
+
     return (path.name for path in files(package).iterdir())
 
 
 def read_kitty_resource(name: str, package_name: str = 'kitty') -> bytes:
     from importlib.resources import files
+
     return (files(package_name) / name).read_bytes()
 
 
@@ -259,6 +269,7 @@ def clear_handled_signals(*a: Any) -> None:
     if not handled_signals:
         return
     import signal
+
     if hasattr(signal, 'pthread_sigmask'):
         signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_UNBLOCK, handled_signals)
     for s in handled_signals:
@@ -294,6 +305,7 @@ def local_docs() -> str:
 @run_once
 def wrapped_kitten_names() -> frozenset[str]:
     import kitty.fast_data_types as f
+
     return frozenset(f.wrapped_kitten_names())