diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index e99be4da..e06494c6 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "4.50.0"
+  ".": "4.50.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bfcc3e15..7d8baa4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.50.1 (2025-01-21)
+
+Full Changelog: [v4.50.0...v4.50.1](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-node/compare/v4.50.0...v4.50.1)
+
+### Chores
+
+* **internal:** add test ([#475](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-node/issues/475)) ([3654805](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-node/commit/3654805e3427da36e0b1bf0c0cb08548a70ab8ee))
+
 ## 4.50.0 (2025-01-18)
 
 Full Changelog: [v4.49.0...v4.50.0](https://github.com/orbcorp/orb-node/compare/v4.49.0...v4.50.0)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1cf78c99..174b852f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "orb-billing",
-  "version": "4.50.0",
+  "version": "4.50.1",
   "description": "The official TypeScript library for the Orb API",
   "author": "Orb <team@withorb.com>",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 44f8e47e..2fce92da 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = '4.50.0'; // x-release-please-version
+export const VERSION = '4.50.1'; // x-release-please-version
diff --git a/tests/index.test.ts b/tests/index.test.ts
index 4c4b1ef4..3e2a325a 100644
--- a/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ describe('instantiate client', () => {
     expect(response).toEqual({ url: 'http://localhost:5000/foo', custom: true });
   });
 
+  test('explicit global fetch', async () => {
+    // make sure the global fetch type is assignable to our Fetch type
+    const client = new Orb({ baseURL: 'http://localhost:5000/', apiKey: 'My API Key', fetch: defaultFetch });
+  });
+
   test('custom signal', async () => {
     const client = new Orb({
       baseURL: process.env['TEST_API_BASE_URL'] ?? 'http://127.0.0.1:4010',