diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index b37940bc7..24b1926f5 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next release
 
+## 0.20.1
+
 * Add typing information to package including file `py.typed`. PR [#209](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/209) by [@meadsteve](https://github.com/meadsteve).
 
 * Add FastAPI bot for Gitter. To automatically announce new releases. PR [#189](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/189).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 4587704de..3cf7a6613 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.20.0"
+__version__ = "0.20.1"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks