diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae810460..85f244b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.19.0] - 2024-01-03
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fix inconsistency in gate ordering of arithmetic verifier key [#797]
@@ -678,7 +680,8 @@ is necessary since `rkyv/validation` was required as a bound.
 [#282]: https://github.com/dusk-network/plonk/issues/282
 
 <!-- VERSIONS -->
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/dusk-network/plonk/compare/v0.18.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/dusk-network/plonk/compare/v0.19.0...HEAD
+[0.19.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/plonk/compare/v0.18.0...v0.19.0
 [0.18.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/plonk/compare/v0.17.0...v0.18.0
 [0.17.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/plonk/compare/v0.16.0...v0.17.0
 [0.16.0]: https://github.com/dusk-network/plonk/compare/v0.15.0...v0.16.0
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b921589b..a2c1b2f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dusk-plonk"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.19.0"
 categories =["algorithms", "cryptography", "science", "mathematics"]
 edition = "2021"
 keywords = ["cryptography", "plonk", "zk-snarks", "zero-knowledge", "crypto"]