diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b8e46e702c7bf..930ef433b9c2c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 19)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 4)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 5)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2023)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index c69a21062defa..0945f964c4e21 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class CTestNetParams : public CChainParams {
 
         // Deployment of Deployment of Basic BLS, AssetLocks, EHF
         consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_V19].bit = 8;
-        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_V19].nStartTime = 1677024000;     // Wed, Feb 22, 2023 0:00:00
+        consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_V19].nStartTime = 1678060800;     // Tue, March 06, 2023 0:00:00
         consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_V19].nTimeout = 999999999999ULL;
         consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_V19].nWindowSize = 100;
         consensus.vDeployments[Consensus::DEPLOYMENT_V19].nThresholdStart = 80;         // 80% of 100