diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef95e2b543..095e9c45c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Change Log
 
+Version 0.19.0 *(In development)*
+---------------------------------
+
 Version 0.18.0 *(2023-12-11)*
 -----------------------------
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d564855c9..58b426e2d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -333,13 +333,13 @@ maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
 ```
 
 ```groovy
-implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji:0.18.0-SNAPSHOT")
-implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-ios:0.18.0-SNAPSHOT")
-implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-google:0.18.0-SNAPSHOT")
-implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-google-compat:0.18.0-SNAPSHOT")
-implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-twitter:0.18.0-SNAPSHOT")
-implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-facebook:0.18.0-SNAPSHOT")
-implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-material:0.18.0-SNAPSHOT")
+implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji:0.19.0-SNAPSHOT")
+implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-ios:0.19.0-SNAPSHOT")
+implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-google:0.19.0-SNAPSHOT")
+implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-google-compat:0.19.0-SNAPSHOT")
+implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-twitter:0.19.0-SNAPSHOT")
+implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-facebook:0.19.0-SNAPSHOT")
+implementation("com.vanniktech:emoji-material:0.19.0-SNAPSHOT")
 ```
 
 # Proguard / R8
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 0d33832e0f..81d6933e2b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=com.vanniktech
-VERSION_NAME=0.18.0
+VERSION_NAME=0.19.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 POM_DESCRIPTION=A simple library to add Emoji support to your Android Application