diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29bb2d..12bbbf80bf0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Release Firestore Emulator version 1.19.6 which fixes a few Datastore Mode bugs regarding transactions (#7132).
diff --git a/src/emulator/downloadableEmulators.ts b/src/emulator/downloadableEmulators.ts
index 362c45391d7..e627e803518 100755
--- a/src/emulator/downloadableEmulators.ts
+++ b/src/emulator/downloadableEmulators.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ const EMULATOR_UPDATE_DETAILS: { [s in DownloadableEmulators]: EmulatorUpdateDet
     expectedChecksum: "2fd771101c0e1f7898c04c9204f2ce63",
   },
   firestore: {
-    version: "1.19.5",
-    expectedSize: 66204670,
-    expectedChecksum: "6d9fb826605701668af722f25048ad95",
+    version: "1.19.6",
+    expectedSize: 66349770,
+    expectedChecksum: "2eaabbe3cdb4867df585b7ec5505bad7",
   },
   storage: {
     version: "1.1.3",