diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 0a8021b7bdb4..0f3dec7351b2 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "core": "24.18.0",
+  "core": "24.19.0",
   "prover": "16.4.0",
   "zk_toolbox": "0.1.1"
 }
diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 67fdc8cddc95..2cc3a25711e8 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [24.19.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.18.0...core-v24.19.0) (2024-08-19)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **db:** Allow creating owned Postgres connections ([#2654](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2654)) ([47a082b](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/47a082b3312cae7aa0f2317a45a26fa5f22d043c))
+* **eth-sender:** add option to pause aggregator for gateway migration ([#2644](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2644)) ([56d8ee8](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/56d8ee8c0546cc26d412b95cb72bbb1b9a3a6580))
+* **eth-sender:** gateway support for eth tx manager ([#2593](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2593)) ([25aff59](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/25aff59933bb996963700544ad31e5f9d9c27ad7))
+* **prover_cli:** Add test for status, l1 and config commands. ([#2263](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2263)) ([6a2e3b0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/6a2e3b05b7d9c9e8b476fb207631c2285e1bd881))
+* **prover_cli:** Stuck status ([#2441](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2441)) ([232a817](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/232a817a73fa842ca4b3be419bc775c85204901e))
+* **prover:** Add ProverJobMonitor ([#2666](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2666)) ([e22cfb6](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/e22cfb6cffd2c4b2ad1ec3f3f433616fcd738511))
+* **prover:** parallelized memory queues simulation in BWG ([#2652](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2652)) ([b4ffcd2](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/b4ffcd237ee594fc659ccfa96668868f5a87d5e3))
+* update base token rate on L1 ([#2589](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2589)) ([f84aaaf](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f84aaaf723c876ba8397f74577b8c5a207700f7b))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **prover:** change bucket for RAM permutation witnesses ([#2672](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2672)) ([8b4cbf4](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/8b4cbf43e52203aac829324aa48450575b70c656))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **logs-bloom:** do not run heavy query if migration was completed ([#2680](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/issues/2680)) ([f9ef00e](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/commit/f9ef00e7088b723a6b4c82f1348dbaaf1934f0ab))
+
 ## [24.18.0](https://github.com/matter-labs/zksync-era/compare/core-v24.17.0...core-v24.18.0) (2024-08-14)
 
 
diff --git a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
index 5b7309a55a2f..6de12384c142 100644
--- a/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/bin/external_node/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "zksync_external_node"
 description = "Non-validator ZKsync node"
-version = "24.18.0" # x-release-please-version
+version = "24.19.0" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true