diff --git a/.github/release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
index 94f066ff8f9..9f8b09a00a4 100644
--- a/.github/release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"2.18.0"}
+{".":"2.19.0"}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa686c44478..b408bd30bd7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.19.0](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/compare/2.18.0...2.19.0) (2026-07-23)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **curl:** add more option arg (non-)completions ([ee74f36](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/ee74f36f2d9c57b1f80cc11cb1dcb48223db7081))
+* **sudo:** recognize --preserve-env taking an arg ([a33deaa](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/a33deaae8e394111974f07f174048afc6a5fa2e6))
+* **topgrade:** add fallback 3rd party completion loader ([c285005](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/c2850058a2faa0d496eab7fbdd0e3ceaf2f81d1a))
+* **xh:** add 3rd party fallback completion loader ([f5c4c0d](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/f5c4c0dbb138091c297dfa5094f71ceb774859b2))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* avoid consuming stdin on remote scp/ssh/rsync completion wait ([30f9da8](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/30f9da8a3bd82dad22f6b271192c55dea7c0336a))
+* **make:** properly skip the "Not a target" block in the helper AWK ([6bb9953](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/6bb99535d472e5472392729175c3ca009e8a9da2))
+* **sudo:** do not offer completions after --help/--version ([35df24e](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/commit/35df24e745997d1a8afea2059d19f98e62edbe29))
+
 ## [2.18.0](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/compare/2.17.0...2.18.0) (2026-07-05)
 
 This release comes with notable changes to the directories used for
diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 35586606b3f..448f3032f65 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 BASH_COMPLETION_VERSINFO=(
     2  # x-release-please-major
-    18 # x-release-please-minor
+    19 # x-release-please-minor
     0  # x-release-please-patch
 )
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8aab1b03828..d95dfde4786 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.60])
-AC_INIT([bash-completion], [2.18.0]) dnl x-release-please-version
+AC_INIT([bash-completion], [2.19.0]) dnl x-release-please-version
 dnl tar-pax for portable UTF-8 handling
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([
     foreign dist-xz no-dist-gzip tar-pax -Wall -Wno-portability -Werror
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index cf8690732fe..ef0f38abe16 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.18.0
+2.19.0