diff --git a/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/release-notes.md
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--- a/docs/release-notes.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## 0.20.0
+
+May 3, 2022
+
+### Removed
+* Drop Python 3.6 support [#1357](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1357) and [#1616](https://github.com/encode/starlette/pull/1616).
+
+
 ## 0.19.1
 
 April 22, 2022
diff --git a/starlette/__init__.py b/starlette/__init__.py
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--- a/starlette/__init__.py
+++ b/starlette/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.19.1"
+__version__ = "0.20.0"