diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86b18b369..fb2443fc7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v19.01: (Upcoming Release)
+
 ## v18.10:
 
 ### nvme
diff --git a/include/spdk/version.h b/include/spdk/version.h
index 939ed49e5..e4dac2727 100644
--- a/include/spdk/version.h
+++ b/include/spdk/version.h
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 /**
  * Major version number (year of original release minus 2000).
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_MAJOR	18
+#define SPDK_VERSION_MAJOR	19
 
 /**
  * Minor version number (month of original release).
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_MINOR	10
+#define SPDK_VERSION_MINOR	01
 
 /**
  * Patch level.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 /**
  * Version string suffix.
  */
-#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	""
+#define SPDK_VERSION_SUFFIX	"-pre"
 
 /**
  * Single numeric value representing a version number for compile-time comparisons.