diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 97572c35d..8d1b76c78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 List of major changes and improvements between releases
 =======================================================
 
-Yosys 0.18 .. Yosys 0.18-dev
+Yosys 0.18 .. Yosys 0.19
 --------------------------
  * New commands and options
     - Added option "-rom-only" to "memory_libmap" pass
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 074272b23..055e57cac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ LDFLAGS += -rdynamic
 LDLIBS += -lrt
 endif
 
-YOSYS_VER := 0.18+48
+YOSYS_VER := 0.19
 
 # Note: We arrange for .gitcommit to contain the (short) commit hash in
 # tarballs generated with git-archive(1) using .gitattributes. The git repo
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ endif
 OBJS = kernel/version_$(GIT_REV).o
 
 bumpversion:
-	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 19ce3b4.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
+#	sed -i "/^YOSYS_VER := / s/+[0-9][0-9]*$$/+`git log --oneline 19ce3b4.. | wc -l`/;" Makefile
 
 # set 'ABCREV = default' to use abc/ as it is
 #