diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e678d91cd723..91445ecb29a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+<a name="20.1.0-rc.0"></a>
+
+# 20.1.0-rc.0 (2025-07-01)
+
+### @angular-devkit/build-angular
+
+| Commit                                                                                              | Type | Description                                         |
+| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| [f1d41b069](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/commit/f1d41b069db6cd3ab83561113567b8e5f4bf25d8) | fix  | remove unused `@vitejs/plugin-basic-ssl` dependency |
+
+### @angular/build
+
+| Commit                                                                                              | Type | Description                             |
+| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | --------------------------------------- |
+| [73f57f3c9](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/commit/73f57f3c9e0d9434c0f8507508dfe30f6a402861) | fix  | proxy karma request from `/` to `/base` |
+
+<!-- CHANGELOG SPLIT MARKER -->
+
 <a name="20.0.5"></a>
 
 # 20.0.5 (2025-07-01)
@@ -1302,7 +1320,6 @@
 - Protractor is no longer supported.
 
   Protractor was marked end-of-life in August 2023 (see https://protractortest.org/). Projects still relying on Protractor should consider migrating to another E2E testing framework, several support solid migration paths from Protractor.
-
   - https://angular.dev/tools/cli/end-to-end
   - https://blog.angular.dev/the-state-of-end-to-end-testing-with-angular-d175f751cb9c
 
@@ -4113,7 +4130,6 @@ Alan Agius, Charles Lyding, Doug Parker, Joey Perrott and Piotr Wysocki
   ```scss
   @import 'font-awesome/scss/font-awesome';
   ```
-
   - By default the CLI will use Sass modern API, While not recommended, users can still opt to use legacy API by setting `NG_BUILD_LEGACY_SASS=1`.
 
 - Internally the Angular CLI now always set the TypeScript `target` to `ES2022` and `useDefineForClassFields` to `false` unless the target is set to `ES2022` or later in the TypeScript configuration. To control ECMA version and features use the Browerslist configuration.
@@ -4937,7 +4953,6 @@ Alan Agius, Charles Lyding and Doug Parker
 ### @angular/cli
 
 - Several changes to the `ng analytics` command syntax.
-
   - `ng analytics project <setting>` has been replaced with `ng analytics <setting>`
   - `ng analytics <setting>` has been replaced with `ng analytics <setting> --global`
 
@@ -4967,7 +4982,6 @@ Alan Agius, Charles Lyding and Doug Parker
 - `browser` and `karma` builders `script` and `styles` options input files extensions are now validated.
 
   Valid extensions for `scripts` are:
-
   - `.js`
   - `.cjs`
   - `.mjs`
@@ -4976,7 +4990,6 @@ Alan Agius, Charles Lyding and Doug Parker
   - `.mjsx`
 
   Valid extensions for `styles` are:
-
   - `.css`
   - `.less`
   - `.sass`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1113c6151f4c..fecfd42ac53f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular/devkit-repo",
-  "version": "20.1.0-next.3",
+  "version": "20.1.0-rc.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Software Development Kit for Angular",
   "keywords": [