diff --git a/jakarta/pom.xml b/jakarta/pom.xml
index 4f6ec277..58fd69cb 100644
--- a/jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-jakarta</artifactId>
   <name>jackson-module-jsonSchema-jakarta</name>
diff --git a/javax/pom.xml b/javax/pom.xml
index 20fd8317..e6ad7ea9 100644
--- a/javax/pom.xml
+++ b/javax/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
     <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema</artifactId>
   <name>jackson-module-jsonSchema</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d3abba59..60c86bca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
   <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.module</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-parent</artifactId>
   <name>jackson-module-jsonSchema-parent</name>
-  <version>2.18.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <description>Add-on module for Jackson (http://jackson.codehaus.org) to support
 JSON Schema (http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-zyp-json-schema-03) version 3 generation.
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 5aeb80fc..7a0ef95c 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Project: jackson-module-jsonSchema
 === Releases ===
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+2.19.0 (not yet released)
+
+-
+
 2.18.0 (26-Sep-2024)
 
 No changes since 2.17