diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 9271fa0..f39f93b 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Pending
 
+
+## 2026-05-24 - 1.20.0
+
 ### Features
 
 - add PROXY v2 real-source forwarding with authenticated VPN metadata TLVs (userspace-nat)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 948c78b..1f12de4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@push.rocks/smartvpn",
-  "version": "1.19.4",
+  "version": "1.20.0",
   "private": false,
   "description": "A VPN solution with TypeScript control plane and Rust data plane daemon",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index e104c23..3463572 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartvpn',
-  version: '1.19.4',
+  version: '1.20.0',
   description: 'A VPN solution with TypeScript control plane and Rust data plane daemon'
 }