diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index d543c01cb..726084d49 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 1.19.7
+current_version = 1.19.8
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/craft_parts/__init__.py b/craft_parts/__init__.py
index e0495c920..943ef008e 100644
--- a/craft_parts/__init__.py
+++ b/craft_parts/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 """Craft a project from several parts."""
 
-__version__ = "1.19.7"
+__version__ = "1.19.8"
 
 from . import plugins
 from .actions import Action, ActionProperties, ActionType
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 90a9d7c9d..7f46d32e8 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 Changelog
 *********
 
+1.19.8 (2024-09-24)
+-------------------
+
+- Replace requests-unixsocket with requests-unixsocket2
+- Bump minimum Python version to 3.8 (required for requests-unixsocket2)
+
 1.19.7 (2023-08-09)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 8f6546435..b1308b135 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 author = "Canonical Ltd."
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = "1.19.7"
+release = "1.19.8"
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f2c75d132..609aafe9f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def is_rtd() -> bool:
 
 setup(
     name="craft-parts",
-    version="1.19.7",
+    version="1.19.8",
     description="Craft parts tooling",
     long_description=readme,
     author="Canonical Ltd.",