diff --git a/pavement.py b/pavement.py
index ca1d307..0e95a90 100644
--- a/pavement.py
+++ b/pavement.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #-----------------------------------
 
 # Path to the release notes
-RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/source/release/1.18.0-notes.rst'
+RELEASE_NOTES = 'doc/source/release/1.20.0-notes.rst'
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d46dd87..d50e21e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
 MAJOR               = 1
 MINOR               = 20
 MICRO               = 0
-ISRELEASED          = False
-VERSION             = '%d.%d.%d' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
+ISRELEASED          = True
+VERSION             = '%d.%d.%drc1' % (MAJOR, MINOR, MICRO)
 
 # The first version not in the `Programming Language :: Python :: ...` classifiers above
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):