diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd5dfe0..6f16fd1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
 
 project(PROJ_DATA)
 set(PROJ_DATA_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
-set(PROJ_DATA_VERSION_MINOR 18)
+set(PROJ_DATA_VERSION_MINOR 19RC1)
 
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ;ZIP")
 set(CPACK_INCLUDE_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY 0)