diff --git a/bin/apt-install.sh b/bin/apt-install.sh
index 169100762..63ef3429d 100755
--- a/bin/apt-install.sh
+++ b/bin/apt-install.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 default_steps=(skiplang-build-deps skipruntime-deps)
-LLVM_VERSION=15
+LLVM_VERSION=19
 PRIORITY=101
 
 usage() {
diff --git a/skiplang/compiler/bootstrap b/skiplang/compiler/bootstrap
index 207b46354..fbf82d0c7 160000
--- a/skiplang/compiler/bootstrap
+++ b/skiplang/compiler/bootstrap
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 207b463541c0d4558c01683ba880577d7df8972e
+Subproject commit fbf82d0c7cf5c2498bff071c0a84b37600afd6ae
diff --git a/skiplang/compiler/src/compile.sk b/skiplang/compiler/src/compile.sk
index d6966a12a..7a5920601 100644
--- a/skiplang/compiler/src/compile.sk
+++ b/skiplang/compiler/src/compile.sk
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ fun runShell(args: Array<String>, verbose: Bool = false): void {
 }
 
 fun ensureCompatibleLLVMVersion(): void {
-  kLLVMVersion = "15.";
+  kLLVMVersion = "19.";
 
   p = System.subprocess(Array["llvm-config", "--version"]).fromSuccess();
   if (!p.success()) {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ fun ensureCompatibleLLVMVersion(): void {
     skipExit(1)
   } else if (!p.stdout.startsWith(kLLVMVersion)) {
     print_error(
-      `Incompatible llvm version ${p.stdout}, expected LLVM ${kLLVMVersion}`,
+      `Incompatible LLVM version ${p.stdout.trimRight()}, expected LLVM ${kLLVMVersion}`,
     );
     skipExit(1)
   }