diff --git a/LATEST-VERSION.txt b/LATEST-VERSION.txt
index 2a34c700c..40a06c501 100644
--- a/LATEST-VERSION.txt
+++ b/LATEST-VERSION.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v1.18.1
+v1.19.0
diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index cbb01dbbb..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-- **ado2gh rewire-pipeline**: Migration now preserves all original trigger configurations (pullRequest, continuousIntegration, etc.) from Azure DevOps pipelines.
diff --git a/releasenotes/v1.19.0.md b/releasenotes/v1.19.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d3bcddd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/v1.19.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- **ado2gh rewire-pipeline**: Migration now preserves all original trigger configurations (pullRequest, continuousIntegration, etc.) from Azure DevOps pipelines.
+- **ado2gh rewire-pipeline --dry-run --monitor-timeout-minutes 45**: Migration now supports a test mode to validate AzureDevOps pipeline is validated temporary rewiring to GitHub with status reported
+- **ado2gh rewire-pipeline**: New argument --ado-pipeline-idis supported for rewiring process vs pipeline name argument to ensure smoother migration where pipeline name can be ambiguous