diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9e6ecf7c..786b5ef19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.19.9
+
+*TBD*
+
 ## 0.19.8
 
 *June 4th, 2018*
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index a6ec6fba2..fb4f4722c 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ package version
 const (
 	Maj = "0"
 	Min = "19"
-	Fix = "8"
+	Fix = "9"
 )
 
 var (
 	// Version is the current version of Tendermint
 	// Must be a string because scripts like dist.sh read this file.
-	Version = "0.19.8"
+	Version = "0.19.9-dev"
 
 	// GitCommit is the current HEAD set using ldflags.
 	GitCommit string