diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 5212ae9..948215c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - master
-    - "2.18"
+    - "2.19"
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
   pull_request:
     branches:
     - master
-    - "2.18"
+    - "2.19"
     paths-ignore:
     - "README.md"
     - "release-notes/*"
diff --git a/hibernate4/pom.xml b/hibernate4/pom.xml
index a074e8c..124d3db 100644
--- a/hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate4</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate4</name>
diff --git a/hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml b/hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml
index f51ac94..37bd244 100644
--- a/hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate5-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5-jakarta</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate5-jakarta</name>
diff --git a/hibernate5/pom.xml b/hibernate5/pom.xml
index 4d25508..41d390f 100644
--- a/hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-Hibernate5</name>
diff --git a/hibernate6/pom.xml b/hibernate6/pom.xml
index 1806a23..e8b148a 100644
--- a/hibernate6/pom.xml
+++ b/hibernate6/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate6</artifactId>
   <name>Jackson-datatype-hibernate6</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a200ad..d66a532 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-base</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate-parent</artifactId>
   <name>Hibernate module parent</name>
-  <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Parent pom for shared settings for project sub-modules
   </description>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 5f3fcfd..6432d31 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Project: jackson-datatype-hibernate
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.19.0 (not yet released)
+
+-
+
 2.18.0 (26-Sep-2024)
 
 No changes since 2.17