diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f89d5248..4c0f9008 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3/4/09 started 7.19.0
+- version bump
+
 25/3/09 started 7.18.0
 - revised version numbers
 - updated vipsmanual
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 833ef7e7..0a4c298a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 # user-visible library versioning
 IM_MAJOR_VERSION=7
-IM_MINOR_VERSION=18
+IM_MINOR_VERSION=19
 IM_MICRO_VERSION=0
 IM_VERSION=$IM_MAJOR_VERSION.$IM_MINOR_VERSION.$IM_MICRO_VERSION
 IM_VERSION_STRING=$IM_VERSION-`date`
@@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ AC_SUBST(PACKAGES_USED)
 #	vips-$IM_MAJOR_VERSION.$IM_MINOR_VERSION.pc
 # in AC_OUTPUT, but that seems to break for some combinations of sh/m4
 AC_OUTPUT([
-	vips-7.18.pc
-	vipsCC-7.18.pc
-	vips-7.18.spec
+	vips-7.19.pc
+	vipsCC-7.19.pc
+	vips-7.19.spec
 	Makefile 
 	include/vips/version.h 
 	include/Makefile 
diff --git a/src/scripts/Makefile.am b/src/scripts/Makefile.am
index 959ec385..aee1ab20 100644
--- a/src/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = \
 	batch_image_convert \
 	batch_rubber_sheet \
 	batch_crop \
-	vips-7.18
+	vips-7.19
 
 noinst_SCRIPTS = post_install
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/vips-7.18 b/src/scripts/vips-7.19
similarity index 100%
rename from src/scripts/vips-7.18
rename to src/scripts/vips-7.19
diff --git a/vips-7.18.pc.in b/vips-7.19.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from vips-7.18.pc.in
rename to vips-7.19.pc.in
diff --git a/vips-7.18.spec.in b/vips-7.19.spec.in
similarity index 100%
rename from vips-7.18.spec.in
rename to vips-7.19.spec.in
diff --git a/vipsCC-7.18.pc.in b/vipsCC-7.19.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from vipsCC-7.18.pc.in
rename to vipsCC-7.19.pc.in