diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index d15973a8c68679dd00c15b27879714d0344ba81a..da241666d68c431e737a16492e92ad452e4adf83 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Changes in synapse v0.19.0 (2017-02-04)
+=======================================
+
+No changes since RC 4.
+
+
 Changes in synapse v0.19.0-rc4 (2017-02-02)
 ===========================================
 
diff --git a/synapse/__init__.py b/synapse/__init__.py
index 950c4178b80bab1d429f9b9d09003c1e9b5a5238..d3f445be9c4bc257e53b188fcb88166510483431 100644
--- a/synapse/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 """ This is a reference implementation of a Matrix home server.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.19.0-rc4"
+__version__ = "0.19.0"