2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f3dc4d6..78162f4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+### mate-system-monitor 1.19.0
+
 ### mate-system-monitor 1.18.0
 
   * NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d1ea593..5173db3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 
 AC_INIT([mate-system-monitor],
-	[1.18.0],
+	[1.19.0],
         [http://www.mate-desktop.org/])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(configure.ac)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)