diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6683de56d2db6b224f9840e1145a243cb114ce07..239247b5616bd23a0fd1c886ca91e17fcb3c3c03 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "keywords": [ "saml2", "shibboleth","oauth","ws-federation","sp","idp" ],
     "homepage": "http://simplesamlphp.org",
     "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later",
+    "version": "v1.19.0-rc1",
     "authors": [
         {
             "name": "Andreas Ă…kre Solberg",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index e24009819deff30769fa23a6f1e78195da0ac9aa..701ee34b9ba2ab06d2d35843a279784b1d2c22ce 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "10ace42afd0f39a29a7e847743677137",
+    "content-hash": "dcd3999255a95213d7cfc41b58c6077d",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "gettext/gettext",
diff --git a/extra/simplesamlphp.spec b/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
index b06ae0ef937307cb84bada90597480ba9291a700..d579d1774ff9af074667b922e3868a34cc4e019c 100644
--- a/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
+++ b/extra/simplesamlphp.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 %define name      simplesamlphp
 %define summary   SAML IDP/SP written in PHP
-%define version   dev
+%define version   1.19.0-rc1
 %define release   1
 %define license   LGPL 2.1
 %define group     Networking/WWW
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 63f491cb4aa803786b576aee74cf2f1616567bb0..6d5cf90801487aed55f315cd3d5a39596951d8e3 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Configuration implements Utils\ClearableState
     /**
      * The release version of this package
      */
-    public const VERSION = 'master';
+    public const VERSION = '1.19.0-rc1';
 
     /**
      * A default value which means that the given option is required.