diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index 97d6e94e2ed589c3909cf397fb480ed28b834da6..ac7343a40f48e699b1093aaab4dfd384d1b048ed 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ VERSION = (2016, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = "beta1"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS
 
-KERNEL_VERSION = 18
+KERNEL_VERSION = 19