diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9b612709c..fa3ee4039 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
---- 1.18 (current) ---
+--- 1.19 (current) ---
+
+New Features:
+ - Add a mechanism to reset the default task spawn order
+ - Enable the use of HWLOC_GET_TOPOLOGY_FUNCTION
+
+Improvements:
+ - Fix fast context swap on ARM64
+ - Mature support of ARM64 for Apple MacOS and Linux
+ - Improvements to testing
+ - Improvements to configure scripts
+ - Remove unused files
+ - Make version numbering consistent
+
+Notes:
+ - Software repository migrated to new locaton
+
+--- 1.18 ---
 
 New Features:
  - Add support for Apple Mac Mx hardware
diff --git a/include/qthread/qthread.h b/include/qthread/qthread.h
index 3e189aa28..f6f223dff 100644
--- a/include/qthread/qthread.h
+++ b/include/qthread/qthread.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
  *          EXT = rc
  *          EXT_NUMBER = 1
  */
-#define QTHREAD_VERSION "1.18"
+#define QTHREAD_VERSION "1.19"
 
 /* * QTHREAD_NUMVERSION = [MAJ] * 10000000 + [MIN] * 100000 + [REV] * 1000
  *                      + [EXT] * 100 + [EXT_NUMBER]
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
  * digit for EXT, and 2 digits for EXT_NUMBER.  For example, 1.17.1rc1 is
  * converted to the numeric version 011701201.
  */
-#define QTHREAD_NUMVERSION 011800000
+#define QTHREAD_NUMVERSION 011900000
 
 #define QTHREADS_GET_VERSION(MAJOR, MINOR, REVISION, TYPE, PATCH) \
     (((MAJOR) * 10000000) + ((MINOR) * 100000) + ((REVISION) * 1000) + ((TYPE) * 100) + (PATCH))