diff --git a/doc/source/release.rst b/doc/source/release.rst
index 13ca9fedfb80..30cc445a45d5 100644
--- a/doc/source/release.rst
+++ b/doc/source/release.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release Notes
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 3
 
+    1.19.5 <release/1.19.5-notes>
     1.19.4 <release/1.19.4-notes>
     1.19.3 <release/1.19.3-notes>
     1.19.2 <release/1.19.2-notes>
diff --git a/doc/source/release/1.19.5-notes.rst b/doc/source/release/1.19.5-notes.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e12063da216b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/release/1.19.5-notes.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.. currentmodule:: numpy
+
+==========================
+NumPy 1.19.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index aaedc9e2a1d8..694d825072c5 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #-----------------------------------
 
 # Path to the release notes
-RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/source/release/1.19.4-notes.rst'
+RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/source/release/1.19.5-notes.rst'
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aefb6c57dc56..fd0c3deffbf0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 
 MAJOR               = 1
 MINOR               = 19
-MICRO               = 4
-ISRELEASED          = True
+MICRO               = 5
+ISRELEASED          = False
 VERSION             = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
 
 # The first version not in the `Programming Language :: Python :: ...` classifiers above