diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 25b2eefc415..12ea24b4123 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "yui",
-  "version": "3.18.2-pre",
+  "version": "3.19.0-pre",
   "main": "build/yui/yui.js",
   "devDependencies": {
     "pure": "0.4.2"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf8fcc3179f..80d78c1f24d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "yui",
-    "version": "3.18.2-pre",
+    "version": "3.19.0-pre",
     "description": "YUI 3 Source",
     "author": "Dav Glass <davglass@gmail.com>",
     "bugs": { "url" : "https://github.com/yui/yui3/issues" },