diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5c97d632..03bf2eaf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@
 Changelog
 +++++++++
 
+0.19.0
+======
+
+- Drop Python 3.8 support.
+- Development-related extras were moved to dependency groups.
+- Add support for targeting the iOS platform.
+- The ``strip`` binary is now included in synthesized cross files.
+- Documentation improvements: add more examples for specific use cases, and add
+  a contributing guide.
+
+Andrew Annex, Daniele Nicolodi, Michał Górny, Ralf Gommers, Russell
+Keith-Magee, Tobias Diez --- 14-01-2026.
+
+
 0.18.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/mesonpy/__init__.py b/mesonpy/__init__.py
index aaddde31..88338577 100644
--- a/mesonpy/__init__.py
+++ b/mesonpy/__init__.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class InvalidLicenseExpression(Exception):  # type: ignore[no-redef]
     MesonArgs = Mapping[MesonArgsKeys, List[str]]
 
 
-__version__ = '0.19.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '0.20.0.dev0'
 
 
 _PYPROJECT_METADATA_VERSION = tuple(map(int, pyproject_metadata.__version__.split('.')[:2]))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3f3515e..f424455c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = 'meson-python'
-version = '0.19.0.dev0'
+version = '0.20.0.dev0'
 description = 'Meson Python build backend (PEP 517)'
 readme = 'README.rst'
 requires-python = '>= 3.9'