diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index 207a206..daa38ef 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changes
 
+* 1.19.0 2018-03-04
+  - Add the new `?Keyword` command to work around the problem that Unicode
+    text wouldn't match properly with optional wildcards. For example,
+    `+ [*] 你好 [*]` wasn't able to match messages containing the word "你好"
+    in the same way as it would if the keyword were using only ASCII symbols.
+    Now, the command `? 你好` will allow you to match that keyword anywhere in
+    a user's message. (PR #256)
+
 * 1.18.0 2017-11-27
   - Fix an infinite loop when using a number as a substitution (PR #206)
   - Optimize substitution algorithm (including person substitutions) to be
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f590c9a..c3bbabf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "rivescript",
-  "version": "1.18.0",
+  "version": "1.19.0",
   "description": "RiveScript is a scripting language for chatterbots, making it easy to write trigger/response pairs for building up a bot's intelligence.",
   "keywords": [
     "bot",
diff --git a/src/rivescript.coffee b/src/rivescript.coffee
index 7044511..9c69dc8 100644
--- a/src/rivescript.coffee
+++ b/src/rivescript.coffee
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ##
 
 # Constants
-VERSION  = "1.18.0"
+VERSION  = "1.19.0"
 
 # Helper modules
 Parser  = require "./parser"