diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e8df9243..6908ff86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-x.x.x Release notes (yyyy-MM-dd)
+2.19.0 Release notes (2018-10-9)
 =============================================================
 ### Enhancements
 * Added `SyncConfig.customQueryBasedSyncIdentifier` to allow customizing the identifier appended to the realm path
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ same user to subscribe to different queries on different devices. In very rare c
 based Realms between devices and specifying the `customQueryBasedSyncIdentifier` allows you to do that.
 
 ### Fixed
-* <How to hit and notice issue? what was the impact?> ([#????](https://github.com/realm/realm-js/issues/????), since v?.?.?)
 * Fixed the typescript definitions for `User.login` to make it explicit in which cases a promise is returned and in which - a `User`. ([#2050](https://github.com/realm/realm-js/pull/2050), since 2.16.0).
 * Fixed an exception being thrown when using the deprecated `User.registerWithProvider` API and not providing a value for `userInfo`. ([#2050](https://github.com/realm/realm-js/pull/2050), since 2.16.0).
 
diff --git a/dependencies.list b/dependencies.list
index 893b163d..65c651d3 100644
--- a/dependencies.list
+++ b/dependencies.list
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME=realm-js
-VERSION=2.18.0
+VERSION=2.19.0-rc.1
 REALM_CORE_VERSION=5.10.1
 REALM_SYNC_VERSION=3.10.0
 REALM_OBJECT_SERVER_VERSION=3.11.1
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1c7aa10a..bd449615 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "realm",
-  "version": "2.18.0",
+  "version": "2.19.0-rc.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7e33f955..7a758587 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "realm",
   "description": "Realm is a mobile database: an alternative to SQLite and key-value stores",
-  "version": "2.18.0",
+  "version": "2.19.0-rc.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://realm.io",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/RealmJS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/src/RealmJS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index b71d88cb..7db7ee99 100644
--- a/src/RealmJS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/src/RealmJS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;
 				"CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "iPhone Developer";
 				COPY_PHASE_STRIP = NO;
-				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 2.18.0;
+				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 2.19.0;
 				CXX = "$(SRCROOT)/../scripts/ccache-clang++.sh";
 				DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT = "dwarf-with-dsym";
 				ENABLE_STRICT_OBJC_MSGSEND = YES;
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@
 				CLANG_WARN__DUPLICATE_METHOD_MATCH = YES;
 				"CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY[sdk=iphoneos*]" = "iPhone Developer";
 				COPY_PHASE_STRIP = NO;
-				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 2.18.0;
+				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 2.19.0;
 				CXX = "$(SRCROOT)/../scripts/ccache-clang++.sh";
 				DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT = "dwarf-with-dsym";
 				ENABLE_NS_ASSERTIONS = NO;