diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c67d5ea2e..6d960ca58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Dev
+# 0.20.0
 
 ## New features
 
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   The new architecture also allows parallel I/O writing and storing of multiple job streams in one stream handle.
   You can use worker streaming using the `--stream` parameter of `hq submit`. Check out the documentation for more information.
 
+* Optimization of journal size
+
 ## Removed
 
 * Because worker streaming fully replaces original streaming, the original server streaming was removed.
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@
 * HQ should no longer crash while printing job info when a failed task does not have any workers
   attached (https://github.com/It4innovations/hyperqueue/issues/731).
 
+
 # 0.19.0
 
 ## New features
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f2ba0bea3..9663b03de 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyperqueue"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "atty",
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyhq"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "dict_derive",
diff --git a/crates/hyperqueue/Cargo.toml b/crates/hyperqueue/Cargo.toml
index 93366e92d..72d58cea5 100644
--- a/crates/hyperqueue/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hyperqueue/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hyperqueue"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 description = "Job execution system"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/pyhq/Cargo.toml b/crates/pyhq/Cargo.toml
index 9e4435c24..eea7aaf7b 100644
--- a/crates/pyhq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pyhq/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "pyhq"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
diff --git a/nedoc.conf b/nedoc.conf
index f6a6b980e..28bf419c6 100644
--- a/nedoc.conf
+++ b/nedoc.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [main]
 project_name = hyperqueue
-project_version = 0.19.0
+project_version = 0.20.0
 
 source_path = crates/pyhq/python/hyperqueue
 target_path = ./docs/apidoc