diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
index a71ac810b..9da246b88 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## Next release
 
+## 0.20.0
+
 * Upgrade OAuth2:
     * Upgrade Password flow using Bearer tokens to use the correct HTTP status code 401 `UNAUTHORIZED`, with `WWW-Authenticate` headers.
     * Update, simplify, and improve all the <a href="https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/security/intro/" target="_blank">security docs</a>.
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 8ecf90dfb..4587704de 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__ = "0.19.0"
+__version__ = "0.20.0"
 
 from starlette.background import BackgroundTasks