diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 97380d6..3001cc2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='hio',
-    version='0.7.18',  #  also change in src/hio/__init__.py
+    version='0.7.19',  #  also change in src/hio/__init__.py
     license='Apache Software License 2.0',
     description='Hierarchical Concurrency with Async IO',
     long_description=("HIO Hierarchical Concurrency and Asynchronous IO Library. "
diff --git a/src/hio/__init__.py b/src/hio/__init__.py
index 9c832d9..cf22592 100644
--- a/src/hio/__init__.py
+++ b/src/hio/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 hio package
 """
 
-__version__ = '0.7.18'  # also change in setup.py
+__version__ = '0.7.19'  # also change in setup.py
 
 from .hioing import (Mixin, HioError, SizeError, ValidationError, VersionError,
                      HierError)