diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 19)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 8)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 9)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2019)
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         = 0.19.8
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.19.9
 
 # 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
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
-Bitcoin ABC version 0.19.8 is now available from:
+Bitcoin ABC version 0.19.9 is now available from:
 
-  <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.19.8/>
+  <https://download.bitcoinabc.org/0.19.9/>
 
 This release includes the following features and fixes:
- - Remove `getinfo` RPC in favor of `getblockchaininfo`, `getnetworkinfo` and `getwalletinfo`.
- - `./bitcoin-cli -getinfo` will now throw a runtime error if there are any extra arguments after it.
- - Fixed a race condition in sendrawtransaction
- - Deprecated large parts of `validateaddress` and introduced `getaddressinfo` to replace the parts that were deprecated.
-   See RPC help for details.
- - Minor logging improvements.
- - Various visual fixes and minor improvements in the wallet.
- - Local address broadcasting changed from every 9 hours to every 24 hours.
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.19.8.md
copy from doc/release-notes.md
copy to doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.19.8.md
diff --git a/src/config/CMakeLists.txt b/src/config/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # Version
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 19)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 8)
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION 9)
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0)
 
 option(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE "Build a release version" OFF)