diff --git a/ChangeLog-9.6.md b/ChangeLog-9.6.md
index aab58c086b1..b54d81113d8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog-9.6.md
+++ b/ChangeLog-9.6.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.6 release series are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
+## [9.6.19] - 2024-04-05
+
+### Changed
+
+* The namespaces of dependencies are now prefixed with `PHPUnitPHAR` instead of just `PHPUnit` for the PHAR distribution of PHPUnit
+
 ## [9.6.18] - 2024-03-21
 
 ### Changed
@@ -137,6 +143,7 @@ All notable changes of the PHPUnit 9.6 release series are documented in this fil
 * [#5064](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5064): Deprecate `PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase::getMockClass()`
 * [#5132](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/5132): Deprecate `Test` suffix for abstract test case classes
 
+[9.6.19]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.18...9.6.19
 [9.6.18]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.17...9.6.18
 [9.6.17]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.16...9.6.17
 [9.6.16]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/compare/9.6.15...9.6.16
diff --git a/src/Runner/Version.php b/src/Runner/Version.php
index dcbb6d2ae8d..c6c5adc1fec 100644
--- a/src/Runner/Version.php
+++ b/src/Runner/Version.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public static function id(): string
         }
 
         if (self::$version === '') {
-            self::$version = (new VersionId('9.6.18', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
+            self::$version = (new VersionId('9.6.19', dirname(__DIR__, 2)))->getVersion();
 
             assert(!empty(self::$version));
         }