diff --git a/nghttp2-1.49.0.tar.xz b/nghttp2-1.49.0.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index b4cf569..0000000
--- a/nghttp2-1.49.0.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:b0cfd492bbf0b131c472e8f6501c9f4ee82b51b68130f47b278c0b7c9848a66e
-size 4112260
diff --git a/nghttp2-1.50.0.tar.xz b/nghttp2-1.50.0.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfaf24e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nghttp2-1.50.0.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:af24007e34c18c782393a1dc3685f8fd5b50283e90a9191d25488eb50aa2c825
+size 4110336
diff --git a/nghttp2.changes b/nghttp2.changes
index 104f908..6b57624 100644
--- a/nghttp2.changes
+++ b/nghttp2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Sep 24 11:21:43 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.50.0:
+  * https://nghttp2.org/blog/2022/09/21/nghttp2-v1-50-0/
+  This release adds
+  nghttp2_option_set_no_rfc9113_leading_and_trailing_ws_validation which disables
+  checking leading and trailing white spaces against HTTP field value. 
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 23 15:38:24 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- disable asio by default as it is deprecated by upstream and
+  will be removed in the next release
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 22 21:23:42 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/nghttp2.spec b/nghttp2.spec
index cc31f93..716d6e8 100644
--- a/nghttp2.spec
+++ b/nghttp2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package nghttp2
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -28,8 +28,11 @@
 %define psuffix %{nil}
 %bcond_with python
 %endif
+# libnghttp2_asio has been deprecated in this repository due to maintenance
+# issue and will be removed at the end of 2022
+%bcond_with asio
 Name:           nghttp2%{psuffix}
-Version:        1.49.0
+Version:        1.50.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Implementation of Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 in C
 License:        MIT
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ autoreconf -fiv
 %configure \
   --disable-static        \
   --disable-silent-rules  \
-  --enable-asio-lib       \
+  %{?with_asio:--enable-asio-lib} %{!?with_asio: --disable-asio-lib} \
   --enable-app            \
 %if %{with python}
   --enable-python-bindings \
@@ -186,10 +189,12 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/* \
 
 %if !%{with python}
 %post -n %{soname}-%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%post -n %{soname_asio}%{sover_asio} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %{soname}-%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%if %{with asio}
+%post -n %{soname_asio}%{sover_asio} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n %{soname_asio}%{sover_asio} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %endif
+%endif
 
 %if %{with python}
 %files -n python3-nghttp2
@@ -209,21 +214,23 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/* \
 %license COPYING
 %{_libdir}/%{soname}.so.%{sover}*
 
-%files -n %{soname_asio}%{sover_asio}
-%license COPYING
-%{_libdir}/%{soname_asio}.so.%{sover_asio}*
-
 %files -n %{soname}-devel
 %dir %{_includedir}/%{name}/
 %{_includedir}/%{name}/%{name}*.h
 %{_libdir}/%{soname}.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{soname}.pc
 
+%if %{with asio}
+%files -n %{soname_asio}%{sover_asio}
+%license COPYING
+%{_libdir}/%{soname_asio}.so.%{sover_asio}*
+
 %files -n %{soname_asio}-devel
 %dir %{_includedir}/%{name}/
 %{_includedir}/%{name}/asio_http2*.h
 %{_libdir}/%{soname_asio}.so
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/%{soname_asio}.pc
 %endif
+%endif
 
 %changelog