diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6810de9..18e9dc4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+### mate-terminal 1.19.0
+
 ### mate-terminal 1.18.0
 
   * NEWS: use consistent, project wide, markdown-like formatting
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7e1515d..6310e3f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 m4_define([gt_version_major],[1])
-m4_define([gt_version_minor],[18])
+m4_define([gt_version_minor],[19])
 m4_define([gt_version_micro],[0])
 m4_define([gt_version_extra],[])
 m4_define([gt_version],[gt_version_major().gt_version_minor().gt_version_micro()gt_version_extra])