diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 1.19.0 / 2023-02-27
+
+The module `prometheus/common v0.48.0` introduced an incompatibility when used together with client_golang (See https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/pull/1448 for more details). If your project uses client_golang and you want to use `prometheus/common v0.48.0` or higher, please update client_golang to v1.19.0.
+
+* [CHANGE] Minimum required go version is now 1.20 (we also test client_golang against new 1.22 version). #1445 #1449
+* [FEATURE] collectors: Add version collector. #1422 #1427
+
 ## 1.18.0 / 2023-12-22
 
 * [FEATURE] promlint: Allow creation of custom metric validations. #1311
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.18.0
+1.19.0