diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.19.2 b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.19.2
deleted file mode 100644
index df859a8a2..000000000
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-4.19.2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-
- ┌──────────────────────────────┐
- │ Release notes for i3 v4.19.2 │
- └──────────────────────────────┘
-
-This is i3 v4.19. This version is considered stable. All users of i3 are
-strongly encouraged to upgrade.
-
-This is a bugfix release for v4.19
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Bugfixes                   │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
-  • fix release tarball version number and debug log settings
-
- ┌────────────────────────────┐
- │ Thanks!                    │
- └────────────────────────────┘
-
-Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
-
-  Stuart Henderson
-
--- Michael Stapelberg, 2021-02-27
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-next b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.20
similarity index 85%
rename from RELEASE-NOTES-next
rename to RELEASE-NOTES-4.20
index a7800138a..4345a56bd 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-next
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-4.20
@@ -77,3 +77,17 @@ In case you notice any issues regarding your background/wallpaper, note:
   • clear pixmap before drawing to prevent visual garbage
   • fix crash with "layout default"
   • send an "output" event on XRandR 1.5 monitor configuration change
+
+ ┌────────────────────────────┐
+ │ Thanks!                    │
+ └────────────────────────────┘
+
+Thanks for testing, bugfixes, discussions and everything I forgot go out to:
+
+  ajakk, Albert Safin, Anaël Beutot, Antoine Martin, Dmitri Goutnik, ekarpp,
+  Imran Virani, Ingo Bürk, Isaac Garzon, Ivan Milov, Jay Khandkar, j-jzk, Ken
+  Gilmer, Kjetil Torgrim Homme, lbonn, Michael Stapelberg, Orestis Floros, Ralph
+  Gutkowski, Romuald Brunet, tomty89, Tristan Giles, Tudor Brindus, Uli
+  Schlachter, Vincent Bernat, Vladimir Panteleev
+
+-- Michael Stapelberg, 2021-10-19
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e8d7c29d6..3a6d59872 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+i3-wm (4.20-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release.
+
+ -- Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 08:45:18 +0200
+
 i3-wm (4.19.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 00cd9e94d..5c3410da6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 project(
   'i3',
   'c',
-  version: '4.19.2',
+  version: '4.20',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=c11',
     'warning_level=1',  # enable all warnings (-Wall)