diff --git a/lal/debian/changelog b/lal/debian/changelog
index fbd8471e83090a8be451a49f12e6e8fbffa214a0..6c2415f2c3a00ff237c08e4cb9d64f34f3dc2fd4 100644
--- a/lal/debian/changelog
+++ b/lal/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+lal (6.19.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Pre O3 release
+
+ -- Adam Mercer <adam.mercer@ligo.org>  Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:58:14 -0700
+
 lal (6.18.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * LAL 6.18.0
diff --git a/lal/lal.spec.in b/lal/lal.spec.in
index ad3a1440216d06fa8ae7e78145a157be307528a8..da82e873b0974951fb2465f15b8142acfb0e05d7 100644
--- a/lal/lal.spec.in
+++ b/lal/lal.spec.in
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ rm -Rf ${RPM_BUILD_DIR}/%{name}-%{version}%{?nightly:-%{nightly}}
 
 # dates should be formatted using: 'date +"%a %b %d %Y"'
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 13 2018 Adam Mercer <adam.mercer@ligo.org> 6.19.0-1
+- Pre O3 release
+
 * Tue Feb 07 2017 Adam Mercer <adam.mercer@ligo.org> 6.18.0-1
 - O2 release