diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
index 810d56164c8..e64c21f32da 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 
 #: (major, minor, micro, dev release) tuple
-spack_version_info = (0, 18, 0, 'dev0')
+spack_version_info = (0, 19, 0, 'dev0')
 
 #: PEP440 canonical <major>.<minor>.<micro>.<devN> string
 spack_version = '.'.join(str(s) for s in spack_version_info)