diff --git a/pkgs/intl_translation/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/intl_translation/CHANGELOG.md
index ff46040c..a03633d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/intl_translation/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/intl_translation/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-## 0.19.0-wip
+## 0.19.0
   * Always generate null safe code, remove `null-safe` flag.
   * Add example for `he` locale.
   * MessageExtraction: add set of error codes to be ignored in analysis.
   * Upgrade dependencies on `analyzer` and `lints`.
   * Fix pubspec `repository` url.
+  * Fix error in `toString` of `Message`s.
 
 ## 0.18.1
   * Update analyzer dependency to `5.2.0`.
diff --git a/pkgs/intl_translation/lib/src/messages/message.dart b/pkgs/intl_translation/lib/src/messages/message.dart
index 71ed2bb6..a4128b5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/intl_translation/lib/src/messages/message.dart
+++ b/pkgs/intl_translation/lib/src/messages/message.dart
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import 'variable_substitution_message.dart';
 const jsonEncoder = JsonCodec();
 
 /// A default function for the [Message.expanded] method.
-String nullTransform(dynamic msg, dynamic chunk) => chunk as String;
+String nullTransform(dynamic msg, dynamic chunk) => chunk.toString();
 
 /// An abstract superclass for Intl.message/plural/gender calls in the
 /// program's source text. We
diff --git a/pkgs/intl_translation/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/intl_translation/pubspec.yaml
index 860f68bf..ce977c66 100644
--- a/pkgs/intl_translation/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/intl_translation/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: intl_translation
-version: 0.19.0-wip
+version: 0.19.0
 description: >-
   Contains code to deal with internationalized/localized messages,
   date and number formatting and parsing, bi-directional text, and