diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 53994be1..2f9579f5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dnl Seed the release notes with `git-shortlog-with-prs <previous-release>..`. Th
 dnl `git-evtag` to create the tag and push it. Finally, create a GitHub release and attach
 dnl the tarball from `make dist`.
 m4_define([year_version], [2019])
-m4_define([release_version], [5])
+m4_define([release_version], [6])
 m4_define([package_version], [year_version.release_version])
 AC_INIT([libostree], [package_version], [walters@verbum.org])
 is_release_build=no
diff --git a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
index ec9eec66..f6a83b77 100644
--- a/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
+++ b/src/libostree/libostree-released.sym
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ LIBOSTREE_2019.4 {
   ostree_repo_mark_commit_partial_reason;
 } LIBOSTREE_2019.3;
 
+/* No new symbols in 2019.5 */
+
 /* NOTE: Only add more content here in release commits!  See the
  * comments at the top of this file.
  */
diff --git a/tests/test-symbols.sh b/tests/test-symbols.sh
index 32285bdc..2287710d 100755
--- a/tests/test-symbols.sh
+++ b/tests/test-symbols.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ echo 'ok documented symbols'
 
 # ONLY update this checksum in release commits!
 cat > released-sha256.txt <<EOF
-21e8ee92ef53c62c682ef8ae818bb6191b3cf6256d298493f75cc734fb3a3a02  ${released_syms}
+a8efa9b08106b973dc3341b52f42fd858ac8db66084586711cc78f12a0bab630  ${released_syms}
 EOF
 sha256sum -c released-sha256.txt