diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 20fd62d649..61b8f04cca 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ Found a bug? Have a great feature idea? Get on GitHub and tell us about it and w
 
 Our GitHub has the full list of all prior releases of Pods: https://github.com/pods-framework/pods/releases
 
+= 2.9.19 - June 28th, 2023 =
+
+* Fixed: Ensure that cache modes are validated correctly to prevent transients / static cache / etc from being forced into persistent cache which could fill caches up. (@sc0ttkclark, props to Björn Hasselberg for helping debug and find this)
+
 = 2.9.18 - June 23rd, 2023 =
 
 * Tweak: Abstract all container calls for Tribe Common library to Pods specific functions. (@sc0ttkclark)
diff --git a/classes/PodsView.php b/classes/PodsView.php
index d03aed98d1..155e8d4551 100644
--- a/classes/PodsView.php
+++ b/classes/PodsView.php
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ public static function is_cache_mode_valid( $cache_mode ) {
 		return (
 			$cache_mode
 			&& is_string( $cache_mode )
-			&& ! isset( self::$cache_modes[ $cache_mode ] )
+			&& isset( self::$cache_modes[ $cache_mode ] )
        );
 	}
 
diff --git a/init.php b/init.php
index d11c7f811e..3857b2d355 100644
--- a/init.php
+++ b/init.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Plugin Name:       Pods - Custom Content Types and Fields
  * Plugin URI:        https://pods.io/
  * Description:       Pods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields
- * Version:           2.9.18
+ * Version:           2.9.19
  * Author:            Pods Framework Team
  * Author URI:        https://pods.io/about/
  * Text Domain:       pods
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 	add_action( 'init', 'pods_deactivate_pods_ui' );
 } else {
 	// Current version.
-	define( 'PODS_VERSION', '2.9.18' );
+	define( 'PODS_VERSION', '2.9.19' );
 
-	// Current database version, this is the last version the database changed.
+	// Current database version, this is the last version we had a database migration added in the /sql/ directory.
 	define( 'PODS_DB_VERSION', '2.3.5' );
 
 	/**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 308cda55d2..e063aa6a9d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pods",
-  "version": "2.9.18",
+  "version": "2.9.19",
   "description": "Pods is a development framework for creating, extending, managing, and deploying customized content types in WordPress.",
   "author": "Pods Foundation, Inc",
   "homepage": "https://pods.io/",
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 7c536430b8..3dbf5bc8c2 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Tags: pods, custom post types, custom taxonomies, content types, custom fields,
 Requires at least: 5.7
 Tested up to: 6.2
 Requires PHP: 5.6
-Stable tag: 2.9.18
+Stable tag: 2.9.19
 License: GPLv2 or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
 
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ Pods really wouldn't be where it is without all the contributions from our [dono
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 2.9.19 - June 28th, 2023 =
+
+* Fixed: Ensure that cache modes are validated correctly to prevent transients / static cache / etc from being forced into persistent cache which could fill caches up. (@sc0ttkclark, props to Björn Hasselberg for helping debug and find this)
+
 = 2.9.18 - June 23rd, 2023 =
 
 * Tweak: Abstract all container calls for Tribe Common library to Pods specific functions. (@sc0ttkclark)