diff --git a/.github/RELEASE_NAMES.txt b/.github/RELEASE_NAMES.txt
index 4ff8c453578..17d96a6897e 100644
--- a/.github/RELEASE_NAMES.txt
+++ b/.github/RELEASE_NAMES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+2.19.0  What Is and What Should Never Be
 2.18.0  Fool in the Rain
 2.17.0  Gallows Pole
 2.16.0  All My Love
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index aacd6858f4d..26fa7c6fcc3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = '2.18.0.dev0'
+__version__ = '2.19.0.dev0'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
-__codename__ = "Fool in the Rain"
+__codename__ = "What Is and What Should Never Be"
diff --git a/test/sanity/ignore.txt b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
index be3d59f7cd9..cf46410334f 100644
--- a/test/sanity/ignore.txt
+++ b/test/sanity/ignore.txt
@@ -164,3 +164,10 @@ lib/ansible/modules/user.py pylint:used-before-assignment
 lib/ansible/plugins/action/copy.py pylint:undefined-variable
 test/integration/targets/module_utils/library/test_optional.py pylint:used-before-assignment
 test/support/windows-integration/plugins/action/win_copy.py pylint:undefined-variable
+lib/ansible/compat/selectors.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
+lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/importlib.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
+lib/ansible/module_utils/compat/selectors.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
+lib/ansible/module_utils/pycompat24.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
+lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
+lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version
+lib/ansible/vars/manager.py pylint:ansible-deprecated-version