diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c12f0d56f8..41f887977e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 OpenLDAP 2.5 Change Log
 
+OpenLDAP 2.5.19 Engineering
+
 OpenLDAP 2.5.18 Release (2024/05/21)
 	Fixed libldap exit handling with OpenSSL3 again (ITS#9952)
 	Fixed libldap OpenSSL channel binding digest (ITS#10216)
diff --git a/build/version.var b/build/version.var
index e2d8e9f9cb..605c752348 100644
--- a/build/version.var
+++ b/build/version.var
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ol_package=OpenLDAP
 ol_major=2
 ol_minor=5
-ol_patch=18
+ol_patch=X
 ol_api_inc=20518
 ol_api_current=1
 ol_api_revision=13