diff --git a/src/pip/__init__.py b/src/pip/__init__.py
index ae265fa7df4..98e17e8d39e 100644
--- a/src/pip/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "18.1"
+__version__ = "19.0.dev0"
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/index.py b/src/pip/_internal/index.py
index 8c2f24f1b7b..29d01c486b9 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/index.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/index.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def add_dependency_links(self, links):
                 "Dependency Links processing has been deprecated and will be "
                 "removed in a future release.",
                 replacement="PEP 508 URL dependencies",
-                gone_in="18.2",
+                gone_in="19.0",
                 issue=4187,
             )
             self.dependency_links.extend(links)
diff --git a/src/pip/_internal/operations/freeze.py b/src/pip/_internal/operations/freeze.py
index beb2feb87a6..5fdb245bc42 100644
--- a/src/pip/_internal/operations/freeze.py
+++ b/src/pip/_internal/operations/freeze.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def _init_args_from_dist(cls, dist, dependency_links):
                         "SVN editable detection based on dependency links "
                         "will be dropped in the future.",
                         replacement=None,
-                        gone_in="18.2",
+                        gone_in="19.0",
                         issue=4187,
                     )
                     comments.append(