diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 3f57feb252..371e42a1b0 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ authors:
 - family-names: Brugman
   given-names: Simon
 title: Kedro
-version: 0.19.8
-date-released: 2024-08-20
+version: 0.19.9
+date-released: 2024-10-10
 url: https://github.com/kedro-org/kedro
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 5447340938..59cace8a36 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Upcoming Release
 
+## Major features and improvements
+## Bug fixes and other changes
+## Breaking changes to the API
+## Documentation changes
+## Community contributions
+
+
+# Release 0.19.9
+
 ## Major features and improvements
 * Dropped Python 3.8 support.
 * Implemented `KedroDataCatalog` repeating `DataCatalog` functionality with a few API enhancements:
diff --git a/kedro/__init__.py b/kedro/__init__.py
index b49d498fc9..00ebebc5a7 100644
--- a/kedro/__init__.py
+++ b/kedro/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 
-__version__ = "0.19.8"
+__version__ = "0.19.9"
 
 
 class KedroDeprecationWarning(DeprecationWarning):