diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 18e9f06a..d0d087a3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.18.0"
+  ".": "1.19.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 451a5192..a1b2c78f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.19.0](https://github.com/runpod/flash/compare/v1.18.0...v1.19.0) (2026-07-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* bundle local (non-pip) modules for serverless endpoints ([#352](https://github.com/runpod/flash/issues/352)) ([8ff78c6](https://github.com/runpod/flash/commit/8ff78c6ca713afa467681a29f34c70f541403593))
+
 ## [1.18.0](https://github.com/runpod/flash/compare/v1.17.0...v1.18.0) (2026-06-30)
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7ceb59c7..6914aea5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "runpod-flash"
-version = "1.18.0"
+version = "1.19.0"
 description = "A Python library for distributed inference and serving of machine learning models"
 authors = [{ name = "Runpod", email = "engineer@runpod.io" }]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/runpod_flash/__init__.py b/src/runpod_flash/__init__.py
index 88c13c96..586b6b3a 100644
--- a/src/runpod_flash/__init__.py
+++ b/src/runpod_flash/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "1.18.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "1.19.0"  # x-release-please-version
 
 # Load .env vars from file before everything else
 # usecwd=True walks up from CWD (user's project) instead of from the