diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 170964a..64b8f34 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install Rust
-        run: rustup update "1.78.0" --no-self-update && rustup default "1.78.0"
+        run: rustup update "1.81.0" --no-self-update && rustup default "1.81.0"
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install Rust
-        run: rustup update "1.78.0" --no-self-update && rustup default "1.78.0"
+        run: rustup update "1.81.0" --no-self-update && rustup default "1.81.0"
       - uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
         with:
           key: ${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install Rust
-        run: rustup update "1.78.0" --no-self-update && rustup default "1.78.0"
+        run: rustup update "1.81.0" --no-self-update && rustup default "1.81.0"
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         shell: bash
         run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install Rust
-        run: rustup update "1.78.0" --no-self-update && rustup default "1.78.0"
+        run: rustup update "1.81.0" --no-self-update && rustup default "1.81.0"
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index caad729..fe59e15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,12 +2,66 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.19.0] - 2025-01-24
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- *(grpc)* Apply predicate on WatchTx (#384)
+- *(serve)* Implement u5c chain-sync read-tip method (#391)
+- *(grpc)* Honor intersect in watch module (#408)
+- Introduce chain summary struct (#410)
+- Support forcing protocol version at epoch 0 (#417)
+- Implement phase-2 validation / evaluation (#421)
+- Enable npm installer (#425)
+- Call Pallas phase-1 validation during submit (#426)
+- Support shelley genesis utxos (#437)
+- Use hacks to keep gov action pparams updated (#436)
+- Allow configurable ledger prune height (#440)
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+- Add detail to IO error (#392)
+- Relax mutability requirements on key structs (#414)
+- Apply ledger genesis when WAL is at origin (#415)
+- *(serve)* Allow pparams query on origin ledger (#416)
+- Adjust mithril-client features for windows target (#418)
+- Hardcode ada_per_utxo_byte transformation from words to bytes (#423)
+
+### 🚜 Refactor
+
+- Revisit pparams folding approach (#430)
+
+### 📚 Documentation
+
+- Add missing conway_path in config section (#393)
+- Add custom network example (#419)
+
+### 🔧 Continuous Integration
+
+- Disable windows builds until upstream issues are resolved (#441)
+- Build docker image on push to main branch  (#428)
+
+### 🧪 Testing
+
+- Fix genesis utxo tests (#439)
+
+### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Fix lint issues (#388)
+- Fix lint warnings from latest clippy (#390)
+- Add conway genesis files to examples (#380)
+- Fix lint warnings (#438)
+
 ## [0.18.2] - 2024-11-02
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
 
 - Use s3 accelerate endpoint for snapshots (#377)
 
+### ⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks
+
+- Release dolos version 0.18.2
+
 ## [0.18.1] - 2024-10-25
 
 ### 🐛 Bug Fixes
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7ff6ed9..c6e0664 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "dolos"
-version = "0.18.2"
+version = "0.19.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a91dfc..67ef455 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "dolos"
 description = "A Cardano data-node built in Rust"
-version = "0.18.2"
+version = "0.19.0"
 edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/txpipe/dolos"
 homepage = "https://github.com/txpipe/dolos"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pr-run-mode = "plan"
 # Whether to install an updater program
 install-updater = false
 # The preferred Rust toolchain to use in CI (rustup toolchain syntax)
-rust-toolchain-version = "1.78.0"
+rust-toolchain-version = "1.81.0"
 # The archive format to use for windows builds (defaults .zip)
 windows-archive = ".tar.gz"
 # The archive format to use for non-windows builds (defaults .tar.xz)