diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ab20dc336b2b..11e9e80f64d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ endif()
 
 # The version passed to find_package(Bazel) should match the
 # minimum_bazel_version value in the call to versions.check() in WORKSPACE.
-set(MINIMUM_BAZEL_VERSION 0.18.0)
+set(MINIMUM_BAZEL_VERSION 0.19.2)
 find_package(Bazel ${MINIMUM_BAZEL_VERSION} MODULE REQUIRED)
 
 get_filename_component(C_COMPILER_REALPATH "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}" REALPATH)
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ef0cf0f6d510..b0c5d841ae4a 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ load("@bazel_skylib//:lib.bzl", "versions")
 # This needs to be in WORKSPACE or a repository rule for native.bazel_version
 # to actually be defined. The minimum_bazel_version value should match the
 # version passed to the find_package(Bazel) call in the root CMakeLists.txt.
-versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "0.18.0")
+versions.check(minimum_bazel_version = "0.19.2")
diff --git a/doc/clion.rst b/doc/clion.rst
index 34d3c3010b55..a96c45a8e3bd 100644
--- a/doc/clion.rst
+++ b/doc/clion.rst
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ Installing CLion
 
 The most recent versions that we have tested for compatibility are:
   - Ubuntu 16.04
-  - Bazel 0.16.1
-  - CLion 2018.1.6 with:
+  - Bazel 0.19.2
+  - CLion 2018.2.6 with:
 
-    - Bazel plug-in 2018.08.06.0.1.
+    - Bazel plug-in 2018.10.22.0.2.
 
 Many versions the above (Bazel / CLion / plug-in) are *not* compatible with
 each other.  We strongly suggest using only the versions shown above, when
diff --git a/doc/developers.rst b/doc/developers.rst
index e3a4182e6d3a..5f4f1d58211b 100644
--- a/doc/developers.rst
+++ b/doc/developers.rst
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ supported for CMake builds using the "Unix Makefiles" generator.
 | Operating System                 | Build System    | C/C++ Compiler  | Java       | MATLAB (Optional) | Python |
 +==================================+=================+=================+============+===================+========+
 +----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+------------+-------------------+--------+
-| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)  | | Bazel 0.18.0  | | Clang 6.0     | OpenJDK 8  | R2017a            | 2.7.11 |
+| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)  | | Bazel 0.19.2  | | Clang 6.0     | OpenJDK 8  | R2017a            | 2.7.11 |
 |                                  | | CMake 3.5.1   | | GCC 5.4       |            |                   |        |
 +----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+------------+-------------------+--------+
-| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) | | Bazel 0.18.0  | | Clang 6.0     | OpenJDK 11 | R2018b            | 2.7.15 |
+| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) | | Bazel 0.19.2  | | Clang 6.0     | OpenJDK 11 | R2018b            | 2.7.15 |
 |                                  | | CMake 3.10.2  | | GCC 7.3       |            |                   |        |
 +----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+------------+                   |        |
-| macOS High Sierra (10.13)        | | Bazel 0.18.0  | Apple LLVM 10.0 | Oracle 11  |                   |        |
+| macOS High Sierra (10.13)        | | Bazel 0.19.2  | Apple LLVM 10.0 | Oracle 11  |                   |        |
 +----------------------------------+ | CMake 3.12.3  |                 |            |                   |        |
 | macOS Mojave (10.14)             |                 |                 |            |                   |        |
 +----------------------------------+-----------------+-----------------+------------+-------------------+--------+
diff --git a/setup/ubuntu/16.04/source_distribution/install_prereqs.sh b/setup/ubuntu/16.04/source_distribution/install_prereqs.sh
index c62b7647bf5d..407d602ef7a3 100755
--- a/setup/ubuntu/16.04/source_distribution/install_prereqs.sh
+++ b/setup/ubuntu/16.04/source_distribution/install_prereqs.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ dpkg_install_from_wget() {
 }
 
 dpkg_install_from_wget \
-  bazel 0.18.0 \
-  https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.18.0/bazel_0.18.0-linux-x86_64.deb \
-  fbdc6dd3bbac4512648314619a317de81df6bbea9826d9201c4e07ec48d3744f
+  bazel 0.19.2 \
+  https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.19.2/bazel_0.19.2-linux-x86_64.deb \
+  5d22686faa59a5c0bba65c593c3f955a871f2712d306dd607f284cabd2b32c1f
diff --git a/setup/ubuntu/18.04/source_distribution/install_prereqs.sh b/setup/ubuntu/18.04/source_distribution/install_prereqs.sh
index 18f15dfb6367..8d9e84df51fb 100755
--- a/setup/ubuntu/18.04/source_distribution/install_prereqs.sh
+++ b/setup/ubuntu/18.04/source_distribution/install_prereqs.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # Install development prerequisites for source distributions of Drake on
-# Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic). Note that this is currently an UNSUPPORTED platform.
+# Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic).
 #
 # The development and runtime prerequisites for binary distributions should be
 # installed before running this script.
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ dpkg_install_from_wget() {
 }
 
 dpkg_install_from_wget \
-  bazel 0.18.0 \
-  https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.18.0/bazel_0.18.0-linux-x86_64.deb \
-  fbdc6dd3bbac4512648314619a317de81df6bbea9826d9201c4e07ec48d3744f
+  bazel 0.19.2 \
+  https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/download/0.19.2/bazel_0.19.2-linux-x86_64.deb \
+  5d22686faa59a5c0bba65c593c3f955a871f2712d306dd607f284cabd2b32c1f