diff --git a/release-versions.txt b/release-versions.txt
index b73bbb95f1..39bfdfacd9 100644
--- a/release-versions.txt
+++ b/release-versions.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-RELEASE_VERSION="0.19.0"
+RELEASE_VERSION="0.20.0.RC1"
 DEVELOPMENT_VERSION="0.20.0-SNAPSHOT"
 RELEASE_BRANCH="main"
 LATEST=true