diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 63661c774..9f1d27a40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+## [v1.0.0-beta.19](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/compare/v1.0.0-beta.18...v1.0.0-beta.19) (2022-09-22)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **api:** allow configuring argon for JWT ([#601](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/issues/601)) ([d696a6a](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/commit/d696a6ae73bcae17de38cd33c4b666875aae4764))
+* **metrics:** add MongoDB panel to Grafana ([#712](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/issues/712)) ([1c43dba](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/commit/1c43dbaf30f671b073b4cd44e2b53470a19b02d5))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **db:** create indexes on `.milestone_index` ([#717](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/issues/717)) ([692e6c4](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/commit/692e6c45c8eccf421f95d6eea3b3fd89143777b5))
+* **db:** revert 493ab8e due to regression ([#716](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/issues/716)) ([45f08e2](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/commit/45f08e227fcaeabe2ef4c38610ab2459ad5126a4))
+* **db:** use `_id` instead of `metadata.output_id` ([#718](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/issues/718)) ([fec5b66](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/commit/fec5b66a1910948bb65afe8e1c26b0c17a6c9206))
+
 ## [1.0.0-beta.18](https://github.com/iotaledger/inx-chronicle/compare/v1.0.0-beta.17...1.0.0-beta.18) (2022-09-20)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 360619555..159e67d25 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chronicle"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.18"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.19"
 dependencies = [
  "async-recursion",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3503a6b36..03308dfc3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "chronicle"
-version = "1.0.0-beta.18"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.19"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "IOTA permanode implemented as an IOTA Node Extension (INX)."
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4b6a39053..5f3987ae1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ Chronicle offers several APIs that are documented [here](https://wiki.iota.org/i
 ## Documentation
 
 The documentation for Chronicle can be found in the IOTA wiki: https://wiki.iota.org/chronicle/welcome
+
+## Development
+
+This project uses [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) to automatically generate a [`CHANGELOG.md`](CHANGELOG.md) which signals breaking changes.
+The changelog can be created using the following command (requires the [`conventional-changelog-cli`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/conventional-changelog-cli) package on NPM):
+```sh
+conventional-changelog -p conventionalcommits -i CHANGELOG.md -s
+```