diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 dnl require autoconf 2.60 (AS_ECHO/AS_ECHO_N)
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 18)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 8)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 19)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2019)
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "bitcoin-abc-0.18-linux"
+name: "bitcoin-abc-0.19-linux"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "debian"
 suites:
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "bitcoin-abc-0.18-osx"
+name: "bitcoin-abc-0.19-osx"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "debian"
 suites:
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-name: "bitcoin-abc-0.18-win"
+name: "bitcoin-abc-0.19-win"
 enable_cache: true
 distro: "debian"
 suites:
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.18.8
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.19.0
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,32 +1,5 @@
-Bitcoin ABC version 0.18.8 is now available from:
+Bitcoin ABC version 0.19.0 is now available from:
 
-  <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.18.8/>
+  <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.19.0/>
 
-This release includes the following features and fixes:
- - `dumpwallet` now includes hex-encoded scripts from the wallet in the dumpfile
- - `importwallet` now imports these scripts, but corresponding addresses may not
-   be added correctly or a manual rescan may be required to find relevant 
-   transactions
- - `getblock <hash> 2` (verbosity = 2) now returns `hex` values in transaction JSON blobs
- - Remove miner policy estimator in favor of minimum fees, also remove `fee_estimates.dat`.
-   Old copies will be left in place.
- - The log timestamp format is now ISO 8601 (e.g. "2019-01-28T15:41:17Z")
- - Behavior change: in case of multiple values for an argument, the following rules apply:
-   - From the command line, the *last* value takes precedence
-   - From the config file, the *first* value takes precedence
-   - From the config file, if an argument is negated it takes precedent over all the
-     previous occurences of this argument (e.g. "foo=2 \n nofoo=1" will set foo=0)
- - The configuration files now support assigning options to a specific network.
-   To do so, sections or prefix can be used:
-     main.uacomment=bch-mainnet
-     test.uacomment=bch-testnet
-     regtest.uacomment=bch-regtest
-     [main]
-     mempoolsize=300
-     [test]
-     mempoolsize=200
-     [regtest]
-     mempoolsize=50
-   The `addnode=`, `connect=`, `port=`, `bind=`, `rpcport=`, `rpcbind=`
-   and `wallet=` options will only apply to mainnet when specified in the
-   configuration file, unless a network is specified.
+This release includes the following features and fixes:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.8.md
copy from doc/release-notes.md
copy to doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.18.8.md
diff --git a/src/config/CMakeLists.txt b/src/config/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 # Version
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 18)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 8)
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 19)
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 0)
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0)
 
 option(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE "Build a release version" OFF)