diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 43462819fb..c92ca77086 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.18.0"
+  ".": "6.19.0"
 }
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 983cd85668..7e24276f8f 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.19.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.18.0...v6.19.0) (2025-08-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-4179:** allow secureContext in KMS TLS options ([#4578](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4578)) ([0ea6eaa](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/0ea6eaa82d56073f1a63d4168935d63a4a4e7a61))
+* **NODE-6472:** findOne and find no longer keep open cursors ([#4580](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4580)) ([be7f808](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/be7f808c3ff0d894906ec187de98e159ebb7b18d))
+* **NODE-7020:** remove ping on connect ([#4607](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4607)) ([3d296b7](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/3d296b7d94810c3bc29153ffc3c8795f02699dd4))
+
 ## [6.18.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.17.0...v6.18.0) (2025-07-22)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3d81c90ad3..3966975098 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.18.0",
+  "version": "6.19.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mongodb",
-      "version": "6.18.0",
+      "version": "6.19.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mongodb-js/saslprep": "^1.1.9",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bfa701425f..ead82e0800 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.18.0",
+  "version": "6.19.0",
   "description": "The official MongoDB driver for Node.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [