diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d750ead4..5687f8c9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020/09/23	Release v2.19
+		bug fixes
+		cleanups
+
 2019/02/25  	Release v2.18
 
 2019/02/15  	Add TravisCI config
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d82b4885..23c21e7b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 dnl
 
 dnl If adding rcX to version, be sure to separate with a '-' 
-AC_INIT(radvd, [2.18])
+AC_INIT(radvd, [2.19])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(radvd.c)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE