diff --git a/doc/software-manual.pdf b/doc/software-manual.pdf
index 7b0ddd8a9d69a7c9bc074fed236676503fb40717..24105f8064976acf00da3fd2d02d4208c0eff8ff 100644
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diff --git a/doc/software-manual.tex b/doc/software-manual.tex
index 71c4b64c97fbe7acc96db3888d097220cb068364..fe404ef903d19b96d071eab0070f0af62001deac 100644
--- a/doc/software-manual.tex
+++ b/doc/software-manual.tex
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fontsize=\footnotesize}
 \maketitle
 \begin{abstract}
 This document is a user manual describing usage of the VTM reference software
-for the VVC project. It applies to version 19.0 of the software.
+for the VVC project. It applies to version 19.1 of the software.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \tableofcontents
diff --git a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
index fb0c48051879a3e6f9cfc5daae5c7aee00ba20df..b33f348e7bfc69d18c5e4658de527e7b79857a8d 100644
--- a/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
+++ b/source/Lib/CommonLib/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #if ! defined( VTM_VERSION )
-#define VTM_VERSION "19.0"
+#define VTM_VERSION "19.1"
 #endif