diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 08234a24..cdcee61a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 
+0.3a19
+------
+
+- [feature] Made batch creation and execution threads aware of
+  `sys.excepthook`.  Updated both instances to use `rattail.threads.Thread`
+  instead of `threading.Thread`.  This way if an exception occurs within the
+  thread, the registered handler will be invoked.
+
 0.3a18
 ------
 
diff --git a/rattail/pyramid/_version.py b/rattail/pyramid/_version.py
index 1ee92f5a..239ef19d 100644
--- a/rattail/pyramid/_version.py
+++ b/rattail/pyramid/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.3a18'
+__version__ = '0.3a19'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76a41918..d0974fd8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ requires = [
     # package                           # low                   high
 
     'edbob[db,pyramid]>=0.1a16',        #                       0.1a17.dev
-    'rattail>=0.3a9',                   #                       0.3a10.dev
+    'rattail>=0.3a27',                  #                       0.3a27
     ]