diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49fa3241eb7..f26b052ac5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,61 @@
+# 19.5.0 (2025-09-22)
+
+## What's Changed
+
+**Api changes**
+
+
+Required Property(s)
+
+- changed property `variantSelection` of type `ProductSelectionProductAddedMessage` to be optional
+- changed property `variantExclusion` of type `ProductSelectionProductExcludedMessage` to be optional
+- changed property `oldVariantExclusion` of type `ProductSelectionVariantExclusionChangedMessage` to be optional
+- changed property `newVariantExclusion` of type `ProductSelectionVariantExclusionChangedMessage` to be optional
+- changed property `oldVariantSelection` of type `ProductSelectionVariantSelectionChangedMessage` to be optional
+- changed property `newVariantSelection` of type `ProductSelectionVariantSelectionChangedMessage` to be optional
+- changed property `variantSelection` of type `ProductSelectionProductAddedMessagePayload` to be optional
+- changed property `variantExclusion` of type `ProductSelectionProductExcludedMessagePayload` to be optional
+- changed property `oldVariantExclusion` of type `ProductSelectionVariantExclusionChangedMessagePayload` to be optional
+- changed property `newVariantExclusion` of type `ProductSelectionVariantExclusionChangedMessagePayload` to be optional
+- changed property `oldVariantSelection` of type `ProductSelectionVariantSelectionChangedMessagePayload` to be optional
+- changed property `newVariantSelection` of type `ProductSelectionVariantSelectionChangedMessagePayload` to be optional
+
+
+
+
+Added Property(s)
+
+- added property `interfaceId` to type `MyTransactionDraft`
+- added property `interfaceId` to type `Transaction`
+- added property `interfaceId` to type `TransactionDraft`
+
+
+
+
+Added Type(s)
+
+- added type `PaymentTransactionInterfaceIdSetMessage`
+- added type `PaymentTransactionInterfaceIdSetMessagePayload`
+- added type `PaymentSetTransactionInterfaceIdAction`
+
+
+
+* Update changelog by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/980
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/981
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/982
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/984
+* Checkout sdk by @ShipilA in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/983
+* Bump io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty-http from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/948
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/986
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/987
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/988
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/989
+* Update generated SDKs by @ct-sdks[bot] in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/990
+* SUPPORT-35419: making custom field not required by @ShipilA in https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/pull/991
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-v2/compare/19.4.0...19.5.0
+
# 19.4.0 (2025-09-01)
**Api changes**
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 589be5f81ad..b5ac51e5220 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The latest stable SDK release can be retrieved from [Maven Central](https://sear
```gradle
ext {
versions = [
- commercetools: "19.4.0"
+ commercetools: "19.5.0"
]
}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ dependencies {
```maven
- 19.4.0
+ 19.5.0
diff --git a/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml b/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
index fc0808a7636..4f4767988e6 100644
--- a/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven-okhttp3/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- 19.4.0
+ 19.5.0
diff --git a/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml b/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
index 90071ac665a..152a8602be9 100644
--- a/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven-okhttp4/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- 19.4.0
+ 19.5.0
diff --git a/examples/split-packages/pom.xml b/examples/split-packages/pom.xml
index e96364c590b..2c450e1e048 100644
--- a/examples/split-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/split-packages/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- 19.4.0
+ 19.5.0
diff --git a/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle b/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
index 5afd97f759a..e74cbc825e7 100644
--- a/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-datadog-statsd/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ repositories {
ext {
versions = [
- commercetools: "19.4.0",
+ commercetools: "19.5.0",
]
}
diff --git a/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle b/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
index d549166529a..6f58e1d9ca6 100644
--- a/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-datadog/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
ext {
versions = [
- commercetools: "19.4.0",
+ commercetools: "19.5.0",
]
}
diff --git a/examples/spring-dynatrace-oneagent/build.gradle b/examples/spring-dynatrace-oneagent/build.gradle
index 7cd98c82d1d..52785731880 100644
--- a/examples/spring-dynatrace-oneagent/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-dynatrace-oneagent/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ repositories {
ext {
versions = [
- commercetools: "19.4.0",
+ commercetools: "19.5.0",
]
}
diff --git a/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle b/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
index 9b130ec731b..6dae7d7a7dd 100644
--- a/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-newrelic/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
ext {
versions = [
- commercetools: "19.4.0",
+ commercetools: "19.5.0",
newrelic: "8.16.0"
]
}
diff --git a/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle b/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
index 836231eb5b7..c6fe7829547 100644
--- a/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring-otel/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repositories {
ext {
versions = [
- commercetools: "19.4.0",
+ commercetools: "19.5.0",
]
}
diff --git a/examples/spring/build.gradle b/examples/spring/build.gradle
index 082398e49c7..fb42eedc315 100644
--- a/examples/spring/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/spring/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spotless {
ext {
versions = [
- commercetools: "19.4.0"
+ commercetools: "19.5.0"
]
}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a55e9113282..ff54bf6bcc2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Mon Sep 01 13:12:39 UTC 2025
+#Mon Sep 22 14:52:57 UTC 2025
kotlinVersion=1.5.30
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
-version=19.5.0-SNAPSHOT
+version=19.6.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/reference.txt b/reference.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c04f8c270b..00000000000
--- a/reference.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3ef38b7ca3bf4ad71c44443b94e864e8c029ec6f