diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 101f7c5be41f..a0c978522aec 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "auth/oauth2adapt": "0.2.4",
   "bigquery": "1.62.0",
   "bigtable": "1.29.0",
-  "datastore": "1.18.0",
+  "datastore": "1.19.0",
   "errorreporting": "0.3.1",
   "firestore": "1.16.0",
   "logging": "1.11.0",
diff --git a/datastore/CHANGES.md b/datastore/CHANGES.md
index f5bc46291db6..cad523e6027c 100644
--- a/datastore/CHANGES.md
+++ b/datastore/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [1.19.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.18.0...datastore/v1.19.0) (2024-08-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **datastore:** Reference new protos ([#10724](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/10724)) ([d8887df](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/d8887df4a12fe56606515c116fe1db12a6549aa1))
+
 ## [1.18.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/datastore/v1.17.1...datastore/v1.18.0) (2024-08-21)
 
 
diff --git a/datastore/internal/version.go b/datastore/internal/version.go
index ddddbd21f21f..ac02a3ce126f 100644
--- a/datastore/internal/version.go
+++ b/datastore/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.18.0"
+const Version = "1.19.0"