diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 124846b48..1cf0537c3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.18.1-dev
+0.19.0
diff --git a/internal/global/global.go b/internal/global/global.go
index 6930bd1c7..20b9fca52 100644
--- a/internal/global/global.go
+++ b/internal/global/global.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 // to a missing backend storage location or config file
 var ErrNoRepository = errors.New("repository does not exist")
 
-const Version = "0.18.1-dev (compiled manually)"
+const Version = "0.19.0"
 
 // TimeFormat is the format used for all timestamps printed by restic.
 const TimeFormat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"