diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index 15e128d16e..13852197a8 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## v0.0.20
+
+Notable fixes:
+ - Java indexer: reduce redundant AST traversals causing large slowdowns
+
 ## v0.0.19
 
 Notable changes:
diff --git a/kythe/release/BUILD b/kythe/release/BUILD
index 060e2daa5a..1938bcc1a7 100644
--- a/kythe/release/BUILD
+++ b/kythe/release/BUILD
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ docker_build(
     deps = ["//kythe/release/base"],
 )
 
-release_version = "v0.0.19"
+release_version = "v0.0.20"
 
 genrule(
     name = "release",