diff --git a/RELEASE_CHECKLIST b/RELEASE_CHECKLIST
index 1f7d39eb9c278..292c42ff45135 100644
--- a/RELEASE_CHECKLIST
+++ b/RELEASE_CHECKLIST
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 
 - ensure debian package builds
-
- $ ./build_upload_debian_packages.sh unstable amd64
-
 - adjust version in configure.ac
 - adjust version in src/include/ceph_fs.h
 - add entry to debian/changelog, with proper version
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4abcbe128aca3..26a7af398c09b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
 # Automake
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ceph, 0.19.1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ceph, 0.20)
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 02eb1feebffde..b9bf83021f6ea 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+ceph (0.20-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * osd: new journaling infrastructure
+  * msgr: wire protocol improvements
+  * mds: reduced memory utilization (still more to do!)
+  * mds: many single mds fixes
+  * mds: many clustered mds fixes
+  * auth: many auth_x cleanups, fixes, improvements
+  * kclient: many bug fixes
+  * librados: some cleanup, c++ api now usable
+
+ -- Sage Weil <sage@newdream.net>  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:10:04 -0800
+
 ceph (0.19.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * init-ceph: don't fail when /bin/sh is dash
diff --git a/src/include/ceph_fs.h b/src/include/ceph_fs.h
index 3fc6feaae0df2..b872fb0ca5b4b 100644
--- a/src/include/ceph_fs.h
+++ b/src/include/ceph_fs.h
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
  * Ceph release version
  */
 #define CEPH_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define CEPH_VERSION_MINOR 19
-#define CEPH_VERSION_PATCH 1
+#define CEPH_VERSION_MINOR 20
+#define CEPH_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 #define _CEPH_STRINGIFY(x) #x
 #define CEPH_STRINGIFY(x) _CEPH_STRINGIFY(x)