diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a3dd211fc..9bf77a0a89 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 # ---- Project ----
 
 project(QualityControl
-        VERSION 0.18.3 # TODO update this automatically when there are new releases
+        VERSION 0.19.0 # TODO update this automatically when there are new releases
         DESCRIPTION "O2 Data Quality Control Framework"
         LANGUAGES CXX)