diff --git a/pyopencl/version.py b/pyopencl/version.py
index d92189a3880f4f7b7f2144076c391a7d4ef65ef6..6ba2863610f2fe534ddbfabbbd4a41673be4294c 100644
--- a/pyopencl/version.py
+++ b/pyopencl/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (2018, 2, 5)
+VERSION = (2019, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = ""
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS