diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e9176c1..308c5eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-<!-- latest_release 9.3.18 -->
-## [v9.3.18](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/tree/v9.3.18) (2024-11-26)
+<!-- latest_release 9.3.19 -->
+## [v9.3.19](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/tree/v9.3.19) (2024-12-19)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Package fauxhai as a hab package [#31](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/pull/31) ([sanjain-progress](https://github.com/sanjain-progress))
+- Added the  release branch [#40](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/pull/40) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=9.3.16 -->
 ### Changes not yet released to rubygems.org
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Added the  release branch [#40](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/pull/40) ([nikhil2611](https://github.com/nikhil2611)) <!-- 9.3.19 -->
 - Package fauxhai as a hab package [#31](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/pull/31) ([sanjain-progress](https://github.com/sanjain-progress)) <!-- 9.3.18 -->
 - [CI] Drop EOL rubies [#33](https://github.com/chef/fauxhai/pull/33) ([dafyddcrosby](https://github.com/dafyddcrosby)) <!-- 9.3.17 -->
 <!-- release_rollup -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e6f9ffa..9e0cd3a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9.3.18
\ No newline at end of file
+9.3.19
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/fauxhai/version.rb b/lib/fauxhai/version.rb
index 606a09a..e4ee72d 100644
--- a/lib/fauxhai/version.rb
+++ b/lib/fauxhai/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Fauxhai
-  VERSION = "9.3.18".freeze
+  VERSION = "9.3.19".freeze
 end