diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e41547d4e87ce517d5b3d71f8644d714f2f650b..e3d5714334e1c02147a5b31f4cb6a205db52a9df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### Version 2.19.0
+
+* Upload and show high resolution avatars (profile pictures) on servers that have support for them
+
 ### Version 2.18.2
 
 * Support 'Service Outage Status'
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7772b7f795cae82db5ed12648e51ad431ce41e25..53c19e92397dc83eb5e52946343d52772903641f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion 23
         targetSdkVersion 35
-        versionCode 42142
-        versionName "2.18.2"
+        versionCode 42143
+        versionName "2.19.0-beta"
         archivesBaseName += "-$versionName"
         applicationId "eu.siacs.conversations"
         resValue "string", "applicationId", applicationId