diff --git a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.19.md b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.19.md
index 387c6ce2f..68c51e1fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.19.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG/CHANGELOG-1.19.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Changelog for the K8ssandra Operator, new PRs should update the `unreleased` sec
 * [DOCS]
 * [TESTING]
 ```
+
+## Unreleased
+
+
 ## 1.19.0 - 2024-09-02
 
 * [CHANGE] Update cass-operator to v1.22.1
diff --git a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml
index da2c2f9b9..1f182a3a2 100644
--- a/charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8ssandra-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: k8ssandra-operator
 description: |
   Kubernetes operator which handles the provisioning and management of K8ssandra clusters.
 type: application
-version: 1.19.0
+version: 1.19.1-SNAPSHOT
 dependencies:
   - name: k8ssandra-common
     version: 0.29.0
diff --git a/config/deployments/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/deployments/default/kustomization.yaml
index be1e76b22..1eb31f9d7 100644
--- a/config/deployments/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/deployments/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
   - ../../default
 images:
   - name: cr.k8ssandra.io/k8ssandra/k8ssandra-operator
-    newTag: v1.19.0
+    newTag: 1.19-latest