diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4345b9d75..49693af1ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ python <diagram_file>.py
 QHub is BSD3 licensed
 
 
+# Release
+
+Creating a release:
+
+1. Increment the version number in `qhub/VERSION`
+2. Ensure that the version number in `qhub/VERSION` is used in pinning qhub in the github actions `qhub/template/{{ cookiecutter.repo_directory }}/.github/workflows/qhub-config.yaml`
diff --git a/qhub/VERSION b/qhub/VERSION
index 44a7df273e..d7d9957a4c 100644
--- a/qhub/VERSION
+++ b/qhub/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.17
\ No newline at end of file
+0.1.19
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/qhub/template/{{ cookiecutter.repo_directory }}/.github/workflows/qhub-ops.yaml b/qhub/template/{{ cookiecutter.repo_directory }}/.github/workflows/qhub-ops.yaml
index 2428e206b8..4aeab768f5 100644
--- a/qhub/template/{{ cookiecutter.repo_directory }}/.github/workflows/qhub-ops.yaml	
+++ b/qhub/template/{{ cookiecutter.repo_directory }}/.github/workflows/qhub-ops.yaml	
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install qhub
         run: |
-          pip install qhub==0.1.18
+          pip install qhub==0.1.19
       - name: Render Changes to Template
         run: |
           qhub render -c qhub-config.yaml -o ./ -f