diff --git a/xonsh/__init__.py b/xonsh/__init__.py
index e61f7a55d..11ac8e1a9 100644
--- a/xonsh/__init__.py
+++ b/xonsh/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.18.4"
+__version__ = "0.19.0"