diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index 2bb69aeb8..9eddb6bab 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next release
 
+## 0.19.0
+
 * Rename *path operation decorator* parameter `content_type` to `response_class`. PR <a href="https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/183" target="_blank">#183</a>.
 
 * Add docs:
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 686cad6ce..8ecf90dfb 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.18.0"
+__version__ = "0.19.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks