diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 573fcd4..80d641f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 /ucx-1.16.0.tar.gz
 /ucx-1.17.0.tar.gz
 /ucx-1.18.1.tar.gz
+/ucx-1.19.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 436d0be..03d679f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ucx-1.18.1.tar.gz) = bcab4a93c1fbf154275c6cdedfc981600cbac43d850f70e2cbfa0dfc73160be8808442acb86154ea964aaea0364aa9a37c41f4c643fa143f54e9d238b13820c7
+SHA512 (ucx-1.19.0.tar.gz) = bcd727df3e3e281424bc8da5247bd5396b7b1b0f3113265d4dc2e401442710776aa3c251e05db633321171359c63e3166c95d21b2296207a37eb6e2e29845f90
diff --git a/ucx.spec b/ucx.spec
index 7e9ab9e..e708131 100644
--- a/ucx.spec
+++ b/ucx.spec
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@
 %bcond_with    vfs
 %bcond_with    mad
 %bcond_without mlx5
+%bcond_with    efa
 
 Name: ucx
-Version: 1.18.1
+Version: 1.19.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
 Summary: UCX is a communication library implementing high-performance messaging
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ BuildRequires: libibverbs-devel
 %if %{with mlx5}
 BuildRequires: rdma-core-devel
 %endif
+%if %{with efa}
+BuildRequires: rdma-core-devel
+%endif
 %if %{with knem}
 BuildRequires: knem
 %endif
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ autoreconf -fiv
            %_with_arg gdrcopy gdrcopy \
            %_with_arg ib verbs \
            %_with_arg mlx5 mlx5 \
+           %_with_arg efa efa \
            %_with_arg knem knem \
            %_with_arg rdmacm rdmacm \
            %_with_arg rocm rocm \
@@ -326,6 +331,19 @@ devices.
 %{_libdir}/ucx/libuct_ib_mlx5.so.*
 %endif
 
+%if %{with efa}
+%package ib-efa
+Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Summary: UCX EFA device RDMA support
+Group: System Environment/Libraries
+
+%description ib-efa
+Provides support for EFA device as an IBTA transport for UCX.
+
+%files ib-efa
+%{_libdir}/ucx/libuct_ib_efa.so.*
+%endif
+
 %if %{with mad}
 %package mad
 Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -341,6 +359,10 @@ Infiniband datagrams for out-of-band communications.
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 10 2025 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 1.19.0-1
+- Update to upstream release 1.19.0
+- Resolves: RHEL-98268
+
 * Wed Jul 09 2025 Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com> - 1.18.1-1
 - Update to upstream release 1.18.1
 - Resolves: RHEL-94447