diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4dcdaabec..43f1048cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4819,7 +4819,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "xous-kernel"
-version = "0.9.18"
+version = "0.9.19"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "crossbeam-channel",
diff --git a/kernel/Cargo.toml b/kernel/Cargo.toml
index ff8f981fb..10ca6600f 100644
--- a/kernel/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kernel/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Core kernel for Xous, including task switching and memory managem
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2018"
 name = "xous-kernel"
-version = "0.9.18"
+version = "0.9.19"
 resolver = "2"
 
 # Dependency versions enforced by Cargo.lock.
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index 2946d1823..8cc5ae19a 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         "xous-susres@0.1.18",     // ticktimer registers with susres to coordinate time continuity across sleeps
         "xous-ticktimer@0.1.17",   // "well known" service: thread scheduling
     ].to_vec();
-    let xous_kernel_remote = "xous-kernel@0.9.18";
+    let xous_kernel_remote = "xous-kernel@0.9.19";
 
     // ---- extract position independent args ----
     let lkey = get_flag("--lkey")?;
diff --git a/xtask/src/verifier.rs b/xtask/src/verifier.rs
index d6eb86821..f89fd9a36 100644
--- a/xtask/src/verifier.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/verifier.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub fn check_project_consistency() -> Result<(), DynError> {
     let check_pkgs = [
         // this set updates with kernel API changes
         "xous@0.9.23",
-        "xous-kernel@0.9.18",
+        "xous-kernel@0.9.19",
         "xous-ipc@0.9.23",
         "xous-api-log@0.1.17",
         "xous-api-names@0.9.18",